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This interview is possibly the best case I've seen for homeschooling. Four articulate, grounded, socialized college students talk about their diverse homeschooling and college expe…

I'm not sure I get what Paul's trying to say here. Why is doing what you want a requirement for action? There's a known neurological difference between the brain's "wanting" and "l…

Addiction should never be the goal. Addiction is "a compulsive dependency" and is not an ethical design goal. At the end of the day, you need to offer real value, or people will bu…

Also, it’s a great place to do business, education is top notch, virtually no crime, very ethnically diverse, amazing food, and a few hours flight to anywhere from Bali to Bombay.

There’s much to love about Singapore if you understand, or are willing to learn, Asian culture. It’s more collectivist than individualistic and while that certainly comes with trad…

Thanks for reading and sharing what you learned in Indistractable. Glad it was helpful!

For how long are we going to moan and groan about companies doing this "to us"? Come on people, we're not helpless. We're far more powerful than the tech companies. I know all thei…

That's exactly right! I think just as interesting is how good people make such bad decisions within a company. That's why I wrote in the article that using dark patterns is a sympt…

Nir here, author of the blog post. Question - Did anyone else notice that the NYT did not accurately describe what the "roach motel" dark pattern is in their original piece? They w…

Yes! Good for you, bad for Ooma and other companies who use this dark pattern.

I agree. But also before hitting publish they should have done a quick check of their own UX. This would have shown a good faith effort as opposed to a hypocritical take-down. It w…

Excellent! This is exactly what I describe in the post. This is why dark patterns are bad for the business.