![]() ![]() They’re programming people and not apps.Every time I check my phone I’m playing the slot machine to see what you get.Former google engineer Tristan Harris calls it a slot machine.Because let’s face it – checking your likesis the new smoking.‘the tycoons of social media have to stop pretending they’re friendly nerd gods building a better world And admit they’re just tobacco farmers in t shirts selling an addictive product to children.Bill Maher in 2012 looked into the camera and said.Managed to succeed in metasising unhealthily far beyond their original roles.Yet somehow the aps and sites beckoning from behind the phone and tablet squeen – unique among many temptations they resist daily.They’re instead successful professionals, striving students, loving parents, they are organized and used to pursuing hard goals.Most people who struggle with the online part of their lives are not weak willed or stupid.Similarly, an early adopter who picked up an iPhone in 2007 for its music features would be less enthusiastic if told he could expect compulsively to check 85 times a day.A college senior who set up an account in 2004 to look up class mates probably didn’t predict that the average modern user would spend around 2 hours a day on social media and related messaging services.When Facebook started it was interesting, but didn’t seem like something which we would spend a large amount of time.As demonstrated by the 2016 election and its aftermath, online discussion seems to be accelerating people’s shift towards emotionally charged and draining extremes.But they also felt that their current relationship with tehcnology is unsustainable. ![]() No one wants to give up Google Maps or abandon Instagram.And recognized that it can and should be a force to improve their lives.Almost everyone you speak to believes in the powerd of the internet.But were even more distressed by the way new technologies that seemed to be draining meaning and satisfaction from their time spent out of work.People agreed about the office distractions.In this episode we include the best ideas from all of Cal Newport’s closely related books, ‘So Good They Can’t Ignore You’, ‘Deep Work’ and ‘Digital Minimalism’.Ĭheck out our ‘Top 50 Best Books of All Time’ document. When Facebook started it was interesting, but didn’t seem like something which we would spend a large amount of time. A college senior who set up an account in 2004 to look up class mates probably didn’t predict that the average modern user would spend around 2 hours a day on social media and related messaging service. Similarly, an early adopter who picked up an iPhone in 2007 for its music features would be less enthusiastic if told he could expect to compulsively check it 85 times a day. There is a war going on for your attention and the way to get it back is to embrace Digital Minimalism. ![]()
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