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Exactly, there's a lot of social pressure, but at some point you have stand up for yourself. I refuse to use skype or any of these instant messaging bullshit apps as a matter of principle.
Too bad every interviewer and her cat wants you to call on Skype or Hangouts.
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> I just love it how people jump to conclusions about what is going on with other people, based on cursory observation. If by "cursory" you mean "many years of close, and 24x7 observation, including of close relatives and friends", then what's not to love? It's not like people saying that are some tourists to Earth that have just some short-term cursory relationship with the "other people". At some point, there's eno…
There's obviously a huge amount of people addicted to their phones, and many people on HN profit off of them so they refuse to admit it. However this romantic idea that without phones people would be living vivid moments to the fullest also needs to die. Lets not romanticize the lived experience of a boring commute as a sensory roller-coaster just to score a few points against people glued to their phones. People who…
No, but the problem is that people don't just do that on "boring commutes", but screen-staring increasingly encroaches other parts of life, from concerts to dates.
While at it, let's also lay to death the idea that all eras/decades/periods are the same, and everything a society does, from norms to arts, is either "the best it has ever been" or "the same as it always was", and anyone complaining is only romanticizing.
There are peaks and valleys, progress and regression, in lots of social norms and output, and its worth to point them out.
I mean, even when it was fashionable, they probably already suspected that the mule haircut was a bad idea...
A newspaper prints articles most likely to consume your time (that's why you buy them). TV channels produce programs you're most likely to watch, and arrange them in such a way that your most likely to continue watching (damn HBO producing quality content so I'm more likely to watch it).
Don't pretend companies are forcing you to look at your phone all the time. Take responsibility for your own actions, and choose not to stare at your phone if you don't want to.
Should we praise the most boring magazine on the stand for not wanting to grab our attention? All hail Drying Paint Weekly, for they are the true guardians of my attention -- producing content so boring that's there's no chance of me getting suckered in!
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Exactly, there's a lot of social pressure, but at some point you have stand up for yourself. I refuse to use skype or any of these instant messaging bullshit apps as a matter of principle.
Too bad every interviewer and her cat wants you to call on Skype or Hangouts.
Similarly, in general I don't take unscheduled phone calls. But I am all for scheduling calls and will make time, find good reception, and be ready to give my undivided attention when taking a scheduled call.
As I think and wonder sometimes: human race have some kind of "bug", we are not prepared for phones and notifications.
Sure in the same way that many people have an exploitable "bug" for slot machines, opioids, calorie-dense foods, etc. It will take a long time if ever for evolution to catch up.
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> I have a plan and I execute it according to schedule This makes no sense. The single best thing about a phone is removing friction from the last mile and last fifteen minutes of meeting friends. Checking in and fine tuning last minute details is great for friendships. If someone changes venues on you, consider that maybe it accommodated the needs of other members of the group. If someone is late, it's not a problem…
I agree and I think the fact that you're getting downvoted stems from the fact that HackerNews is probably not particularly full of social butterflies.
I'm really happy this topic is getting some traction. Human well-being should be the non-negotiable constraint within the design process. I understand the argument that people should be able to manage themselves but human nature is not that simple. People are never told that they are about to use a drug that has been proven to have addictive effects. Receiving a like on facebook releases dopamine the same way smoking…
I think that argument is made because people arent aware of the degree to which external factors can influence not only our behaviors, but our thoughts. Im sure the HN crowd is aware of things like framing and anchoring, but there are dozens of cognitive biases we are all susceptible to
I think the best way is to get rich via trading Cryptocurrency and then be free from wage-slavery. Read physical books and eventually do something worthwhile like teaching in remote areas.
This was covered in a comment already re: Netflix, but it can't be stressed enough: much of this is a consequence of free software services that need users to spend as much time as possible on the service in order to maximize ad revenue. If the software service required a subscription, then none of these issues are present. In fact, the provider company would have a fairly neutral position on usage, as long as costs…
Paid software, too, and especially video games, and even more so if it supports paid DLC, can also employ similar tactics that exploit human psychology for profit.