alt Hacker NewsNone of these devices contain a portal to the internet. None of them contain apps that bombard you with notifications to try and get you to spend hours in them. None of these devices have been relentlessly A/B tested to maximize addictiveness.
None of these devices contain a portal to the internet. None of them contain apps that bombard you with notifications to try and get you to spend hours in them. None of these devices have been relentlessly A/B tested to maximize addictiveness.
To me that sounds like, "yes, it is a self-control and discipline issue — and the solution is forced abstention, à la mode d'Odysseus tying himself to the mast." (Although the old tactician did so to keep his ears unplugged and experience the sirens without the usual catastrophe.)