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I use https://bulletjournal.com/ in a paper notebook.
I use https://orgmode.org/ on my personal and work computers.
People said the same thing about TV (and before that, newspapers/radio). With any new technology, societies will overdo it when it's new and then eventually find some happy-medium. You're seeing this happen now with more awareness around social media overuse or digital detoxes being more in vogue. People are slowly finding their happy medium. Fear not, it's all a part of the natural course of things.
> Fear not, it's all a part of the natural course of things. i bet some said that too !
We've seen this with several technologies in the past, especially communication technologies. (Do you remember the doomer-ism around phone calls and telephones?)
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Being on Hacker News isn't any better than those platforms. Well, marginally better, but the overall effects are the same. Infinity pools of content, plus avenues for engagement in the comment threads.
There's a night and day difference between this platform and recommendation engines like IG, FB or TikTok. And there's even a larger difference in effects. The only reason I keep HN is because of the amount of quality-content related to my tech career.
Even if it was the cure for cancer I couldn't read it. /h (for hyperbole)
We know this already, but I wonder what the remedies are. My SO can barely watch a movie or tv show before she gets back to infinite scrolling socials, it's a disaster. 5 minutes is the most she can do. Going out with me or friends is the same, few minutes and she's back checking emails and socials. I decided to lead by example and delete all socials, even reddit or linkedin, but it's impossible.
We end up reading books, playing board games, and having a lot more conversations. We're much more likely to go to the park. We often don't know what time it is which is a nice feeling. We also take a lot of naps because we're staying up too late most of the week on our screens.
I've also found I'm super productive on Monday after our screen free time. We've been doing it for a couple months now and I really like it.
The article also took a piece of it
Apple should simply charge for notifications, and share the revenue w the user!
We know this already, but I wonder what the remedies are. My SO can barely watch a movie or tv show before she gets back to infinite scrolling socials, it's a disaster. 5 minutes is the most she can do. Going out with me or friends is the same, few minutes and she's back checking emails and socials. I decided to lead by example and delete all socials, even reddit or linkedin, but it's impossible.