"The minimalist interface all but removes the need to think. With a click, a photo is taken and all kinds of sensory and social rewards ensue."
This is drivel. Half of the content is even linkbaited away.
The Billion Dollar Mind Trick: An Intro To Triggers
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#32I still remember learning about this at Doublerecall HQ in Palo Alto. It was an interesting evening of random charts on a drawing board. The idea was so profounding everyone had to know, immediately. If I remember correctly Nir and one of the founders were at a seminar together where the power of triggers was explained. That evening I looked at the two websites who have become my daily destinations almost instantly:…
Sounds like they have you under their spell..
(but seriously I'll probably check out those sites now : P)
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#33Makes me think of "there are no atheists in foxholes". Does religion have a trigger on despair?
This popular phrase often strikes me as untrue. For example, at the end of WWI number of religious soldiers in Russian army reduced drastically. Church in Russia collapsed after First World War/Russian Civil War.
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#34Does anyone have good information on "beating" these triggers? Knowing they exist is a good start, but I'd love to be able to stop checking FB / Twitter / HN (gasp) when I'm feeling bored.
For me and my sons, mindlessly checking stuff while bored was rooted in health issues. In other words, we were both bored and too ill for something more challenging than passive entertainment. Working on underlying health issues did a lot to change that. Old habits return when we are somewhat under the weather but it isn't a big issue like it once was. Best of luck.
what kind of illness?
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#35Part 2: The Multi Billion Dollar Mind Trick: Manipulate People by Simulating Success Computer games are based on psychology, they try to make people think they accomplished something with as little effort as possible. Millions of people are addicted to it.
Do you think that's it? By that logic, I could make a game that's ridiculously easy and become a millionaire like that. People will beat it, no effort, success. I think there's got to be a perceived effort and learning curve involved.
That can get people hooked initially.
The tricky part is to get people coming back. That involves increasing the difficulty (but not too much), so the user feels a sense of accomplishment.
Throw in elements of randomness and, voila, you have an addictive game.
There are studies that go into more depth than this, but that's the basic outline.
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#36This feels nauseating, considering:
- http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/01/06/the-gollum-effect/
- http://dopamineproject.org/2011/12/the-dopamine-matrix-where...
No wonder we have a recent resurgence in Zombie Apocalypse myths in pop culture.
I suppose, this too shall pass.
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#37Does anyone have good information on "beating" these triggers? Knowing they exist is a good start, but I'd love to be able to stop checking FB / Twitter / HN (gasp) when I'm feeling bored.
How to beat the triggers? Mindfulness (insight) meditation.
(1) When the urge comes, observe the urge as it rises and goes away.
(2) Do not avoid the experience. It will feel like it sucks because it does. There is no magic pill to avoid the experience.
(3) Things come and go, nothing is permanent. This urge will eventually pass.
(4) If you want to take this further: try to discern the physical sensation making up the "urge" with the "mental echo".
(5) It is important not to try to "beat" these triggers. That's a form of avoidance and rejection and will only make the urges stronger. People usually give into the urge to make the feeling of suffering go away; if you accept and experience the suffering for what it is, you break out of the dopamanine/gollumization loop.
For (4), as you know, your neurons do not fire continuously. It's an analog pulse that decays after the peak. The sensations and urges you have feel like they are continuous because you experience other things that fills in the gap. This filler is the "mental echo".
It is possible to develop enough skill in perception to distinguish between the physical sensation and the filler gap. When you can perceive this, you can see how experiences like these "urges" are actually sequences, melodies, and rhythms of sensate pulses that when combined with the mental echo, you normally recognize as a particular "urge" (or thought, or feeling).
Usually, recognizing these component parts as they happen is enough. You can still choose to go with the urge, or you can ... not.
For more information:
- Mindfulness in Plain English. http://bit.ly/mindfulness-in-plain-english
- Mastering the Core Teachings of Buddha: A Surprisingly Hardcore Book of Dharma. http://bit.ly/hardcore-dharma
- The Pomodoro technique accidentally has the features for creating a time-boxed mindfulness meditation as you work. The essential components are all in the first chapter of that book.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me and my sons, mindlessly checking stuff while bored was rooted in health issues. In other words, we were both bored and too ill for something more challenging than passive entertainment. Working on underlying health issues did a lot to change that. Old habits return when we are somewhat under the weather but it isn't a big issue like it once was. Best of luck.
what kind of illness?
I happen to have cystic fibrosis, as does my oldest son. I am real sensitive to dust, chemicals, etc. Having spent some time on alternative med sites, I have come to believe that allergens, chemicals and the like leave a lot more people in a mental fog than most people would think.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
what kind of illness?
I happen to have cystic fibrosis, as does my oldest son. I am real sensitive to dust, chemicals, etc. Having spent some time on alternative med sites, I have come to believe that allergens, chemicals and the like leave a lot more people in a mental fog than most people would think.
Interesting, thanks. I am glad you two are better!