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Re: Regaining control of your attention

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Post by gopher2 » Sun, Jan 15, 2017, 3:51 PM UTC

laredo312 wrote: post #130

If human nature is to take the path of least resistance, then it really comes down to "Friction vs frictionless." "Distractions," e.g. Twitter, are engineered to be as frictionless as possible -- low effort, quick dopamine fixes. It is on us to engineer meaningful tasks to have as little friction as possible. Doesn't have to be complicated: 1. Mute notifications 2. Install Chrome "Timewarp" extension 3. Break work do…

That's quite interesting how you think about tasks you want to do with "sources of friction" that way. How did you go about studying/identifying the less obvious sources?

Re: Regaining control of your attention

#132

Post by laredo312 » Sun, Jan 15, 2017, 5:43 PM UTC

gopher2 wrote: post #131

laredo312 wrote: post #130

If human nature is to take the path of least resistance, then it really comes down to "Friction vs frictionless." "Distractions," e.g. Twitter, are engineered to be as frictionless as possible -- low effort, quick dopamine fixes. It is on us to engineer meaningful tasks to have as little friction as possible. Doesn't have to be complicated: 1. Mute notifications 2. Install Chrome "Timewarp" extension 3. Break work do…

That's quite interesting how you think about tasks you want to do with "sources of friction" that way. How did you go about studying/identifying the less obvious sources?

Probably read them on a blog and made the connection later when I was searching for reasons why I keep procrastinating. Putting a convincing name to the mental force that holds you back gives you something to fight/say no to. Or you can pretend it doesn't exist and hope it goes away (doesn't work for me).

Re: Regaining control of your attention

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Post by eru » Mon, Jan 16, 2017, 3:14 PM UTC

throwanem wrote: post #129

CPLX wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey that's where I am from too. I call it merelan though.

The second vowel sound seems to occupy a continuum of elision from "a" through "ə" to complete absence, depending on the speaker, the rate of speech, the degree of sobriety, and the phase of the moon.

Might be Schwa-deletion at work?

It's a wonder we don't call the first two month Jan'ry and Feb'ry, yet.