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The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)

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Re: The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)

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Post by csallen »

slothtrop wrote: post #146

New hot take: I'm addicted to my laptop. The phone barely registers in terms of interest because I work on my laptop anyway, which is less cumbersome to navigate. Notwithstanding the need to separate work from leisure life, much of leisure is just attached to this device. Even the less consumptive activities, like writing or playing music, benefit from it. And anything to do with innovation or research is absolutely…

Same here. I've been addicted to my laptop for years, and can go days without looking at my phone. For the same reason: everything is on my laptop. Work, movies, books, chats with friends, my podcast, research, etc. And I have the same remedies, too: schedule things to just get myself out of the house.

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Post by waihtis »

wool_gather wrote: post #135
reificator wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not ashamed to say I've gotten lost doing this occasionally and either turned on directions or just double checked the GPS. But it's fairly infrequent and it doesn't happen twice in the same place.

Heck, sometimes it can be fun to get a little lost. "Oh, _that's_ where $FOO is!", as you accidentally go by it. Or "That looks like a cool $BAR, I'll have to come back and check it out"

This is definitely part of the fun. I sometimes take new routes to places I’ve visited before without particularly checking beforehand if road XYZ actually connects to the intended destination (it’s enough if it leads to it’s general direction) - once in a while you end up in a cul-de-sac, but mostly you end up with your described situation

Re: The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)

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slothtrop wrote: post #146

New hot take: I'm addicted to my laptop. The phone barely registers in terms of interest because I work on my laptop anyway, which is less cumbersome to navigate. Notwithstanding the need to separate work from leisure life, much of leisure is just attached to this device. Even the less consumptive activities, like writing or playing music, benefit from it. And anything to do with innovation or research is absolutely…

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Re: The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)

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Post by defnotashton2 »

ChrisCinelli wrote: post #141

I used to be addicted to my laptops. I used to over-work and when I was not working I was reading a lot of articles and spending time on news and some social networks. Even if I am selective with who I add as friends and follow, it is a lot of time that does not have good ROI. It was pretty much no stop activity since I woke up to when I was going to sleep. I stopped completely using computers except for work. It has…

I'm in the same boat.

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Post by inglor_cz »

demosito666 wrote: post #134
Barrin92 wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Social Media isn't a substitute for healthy social interaction which becomes very evident when one looks at the psychological outcomes of people who use it heavily, particular say, teenage girls. Most social media interaction isn't genuine conversation between peers but a sort of status contest in which people pull up façades and present idealised versions of themselves, mostly strongly influenced by whatever is tren…

> Most social media interaction isn't genuine conversation between peers but a sort of status contest But exactly the same is true for regular communications, especially for teenagers, whose whole life is making impression on their peers.

There is a difference, though. In real life, a lot of your conversations are either one-to-one, or in a very small group of people who are not obsessed with impressions. You are freer there.

On the social networks, the peer group is much larger and much more attentive. Private conversations can be had, but public conversations with massive audience of listeners are way more common than IRL.

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Post by rapferreira »

volkk wrote: post #142
nobody9999 wrote: post #128

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>You have interpreted the parent exceedingly uncharitably. Perhaps I have. However, I don't see how much more "charitably" I can interpret what they wrote. Or do you think that I'm wrong in my assertion? >If one partner in a monogamous relationship suddenly announces that from that day forth there shall be no more sex, the other partner is certainly within their rights to be upset. I don't disagree with that statemen…

> I don't disagree with that statement at all. But I stand by my assertion that no one is obligated to sexually satisfy anyone else. i would argue that no one is obligated to do anything at all thanks to free will. culturally, societally, or otherwise, well--that's a different story

>i would argue that no one is obligated to do anything at all thanks to free will.

Ah, sure they are.

By the nature of events which preceded you and produced both your DNA and all entirely external circumstances, you are obligated to carry out your free agency in exactly the way you do.

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Post by rvz »

rajeshmr wrote: post #16

Quitting smartphone has been incredible for me and i don't miss it at all. :)

Good job. The same companies are now trying to do the same thing but with Smartwatches that tell the time and...

- More Notifications

- Messaging

- Calling

- Internet

- GPS

- Plays music, video and podcasts

+ Health and Fitness (Can't disagree with that one)

and finally the worst saved until last...

- Apps

The industry is doing it all over again with the smartphone but now it will be all on your wrist, but marketed cleverly as a 'Health and Fitness device'.

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Post by bargl »

waterhouse wrote: post #107
burkaman wrote: post #73

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Why would you answer if you can't talk? That seems a lot more rude to me than not picking up and calling back when you have time.

It gives the other person a chance to tell you if there is an emergency / tell you the urgency of their request, and also lets them know that you know they want to talk to you.

I have a rule with everyone who could have an emergency, 3 calls in a row.

I know it can be burdensome, but I don't answer in an emergency but if I ever see I missed 3 calls then I know it was an emergency.

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Post by ehnto »

slothtrop wrote: post #146

New hot take: I'm addicted to my laptop. The phone barely registers in terms of interest because I work on my laptop anyway, which is less cumbersome to navigate. Notwithstanding the need to separate work from leisure life, much of leisure is just attached to this device. Even the less consumptive activities, like writing or playing music, benefit from it. And anything to do with innovation or research is absolutely…

I am right there with you. I kicked the phone addiction in various ways, but I really like to work on personal projects and they're all on the computer, much like my work, so I'm always on my computer.

I have a few tricks. I have a work laptop and a gaming computer, and I do all my personal work on the gaming computer. That helps separate the two. I have a workspace which gets me out of the house and keeps me focused while at work, so I can get it done quicker and ultimately spend less time on the computer. I also have a few outdoors hobbies, and a few indoors hobbies that are away from the computer. But of course I can't make progress on my computer projects off the computer, so that's still a conundrum I can't solve.

I am at the point where I wonder if maybe I should work outdoors or offline, in order to regain my online time. But I'm not sure where to take that.

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