PCs are great for doing and solving a wide variety of stuff in the modern age. But we are at a point where people who care about usability should start to care

PCs are great for doing and solving a wide variety of stuff in the modern age. But we are at a point where people who care about usability should start to care more about limiting the utility and convenience of a computer. (Of course the user should decide what should be limited, not some other entity.) We have managed to come far with regards to assisting people with modern computers. Now computers need to start assisting people more when it comes to discipline and focus. I think unassisted self-discipline is impractical. It might have worked in the past, but not in the Information Age. We aren't lazy and undisciplined if we allow ourselves to rely on the computer for helping us stay focused, like blocking certain websites during work hours - we are simply saving ourselves the energy that we would otherwise have to expend in order to resist all the temptation that a vanilla modern computer throws at us. An expense that a typewriter of yore never had to even worry about. Do we let the computers control us, or do we let the computer help us control ourselves? You can't control the fact that grocery stores sell candy and sweets at the checkout, but you can control the focus and discipline that your personal computer affords you.