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Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)

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Re: Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)

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Post by creakingstairs »

orzig wrote: post #20
creakingstairs wrote: post #16

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How do you find good ebooks? I’ve found some good ones via HN, but it would be nice if there is more dedicated place for ebooks.

I strongly recommend building a little instinct in yourself for "what if HN search could help with this question" - for books especially: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21900498 And someone took it upon themselves to build a book specific version across all discussions: https://hackernewsbooks.com/top-books-on-hacker-news I check that fairly frequently!

Those are great resources to start with. Thank you!

Re: Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)

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Post by __rito__ »

creakingstairs wrote: post #16
julianeon wrote: post #8

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I’d say that if you’re constantly refreshing Hacker News, you’re a good candidate for ebooks on HN-like subjects. I made a conscious decision to switch to that from HN and Reddit, and I’d say I’ve cut my usage of both by about 75%. Which was a good outcome for me, because it switched me from learning many topics shallowly, to learning a few from ebooks deeply (example, Soni’s The Founders book on PayPal’s history).

How do you find good ebooks? I’ve found some good ones via HN, but it would be nice if there is more dedicated place for ebooks.

I have read tens of books that came my way through HN. Please see this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37761636

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Post by matheusmoreira »

layer8 wrote: post #12
matheusmoreira wrote: post #10

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> obsessively refreshing hacker news is my doom scrolling Yeah. I really need to add this site to my hosts file or something. I learn a lot here but I want to do other stuff too... > I then started volunteering with the local emergency service which has been one of the best life decisions I’ve made. Thank you for your work. I'm sure it's made a huge difference in a lot of people's lives.

See the noprocrast setting in your HN user account.

Thanks!!! I finished a feature in my project yesterday because this setting kicked me out of HN. Really cool.

Re: Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)

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Post by imglorp »

layer8 wrote: post #12
matheusmoreira wrote: post #10

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> obsessively refreshing hacker news is my doom scrolling Yeah. I really need to add this site to my hosts file or something. I learn a lot here but I want to do other stuff too... > I then started volunteering with the local emergency service which has been one of the best life decisions I’ve made. Thank you for your work. I'm sure it's made a huge difference in a lot of people's lives.

See the noprocrast setting in your HN user account.

Or, for diehards that doom scroll other sites too, try the LeechBlock browser extension.

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Post by marssaxman »

graphe wrote: post #6
tedd4u wrote: post #2

“The primary source of data was interviews conducted with 15 people…”

If you can read a blog post by 1 person on this subject seriously, you can read a summary of an interview of 15 people. I downloaded the epub. This line sold me to read it. >In this article, we coin the term ‘mundane emotions’ to draw attention to everyday routines and the distinctive emotions that flow from them (De Certeau 1988; Lefebvre 2004). For example, commuting, cleaning or cooking routines, for some, may pro…

> For example, commuting, cleaning or cooking routines, for some, may provide precious moments of comfort and calm

What a remarkable idea! I cannot imagine what that experience would be like, though seeing it called out that way makes me realize I must have always been encountering people with such inclinations, and simply failing to understand their choices.

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Post by ogurechny »

The authors were digging in the correct place to find gold. However, limiting the discussion to “exceptional” (not really) lockdowns-as-a-hot-topic-in-media, and turning to lifeless non-conclusions like “opportunities for self-actualization” and “discovery of passions” were their ways of scuttling.

A good book tying “well-being” to cultural perception of time itself is “Time and the Dog: Society and Depression” by Maria Rita Kehl. Unfortunately, its English translation, announced in 2018, never materialized for some reason, and now, it seems, Verso Books has removed the book from the website. Well, if you're bored, you can always learn Portuguese or Russian to read it.

Re: Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)

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Post by julianeon »

creakingstairs wrote: post #16
julianeon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’d say that if you’re constantly refreshing Hacker News, you’re a good candidate for ebooks on HN-like subjects. I made a conscious decision to switch to that from HN and Reddit, and I’d say I’ve cut my usage of both by about 75%. Which was a good outcome for me, because it switched me from learning many topics shallowly, to learning a few from ebooks deeply (example, Soni’s The Founders book on PayPal’s history).

How do you find good ebooks? I’ve found some good ones via HN, but it would be nice if there is more dedicated place for ebooks.

Personally I read every history of a startup or important tech figure that I can find in my library’s ebook borrowing program, which can easily occupy several years.
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