I'm sure we've all worked somewhere that banned gmail or youtube, etc. It's interesting that, in the context of this piece, those bans are addressing symptoms

I'm sure we've all worked somewhere that banned gmail or youtube, etc. It's interesting that, in the context of this piece, those bans are addressing symptoms and not root causes. The bans are trying to enforce what you're describing: single conscious intention; but of course addressing the symptoms and not the causes will only cause the mole to pop up elsewhere. We should begin to consider mindfulness as a skill, just like coding itself. A muscle that needs to be worked and flexed and honed with deliberate practice.