We’re creating a culture of distraction
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We’re creating a culture of distraction
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Re: We’re creating a culture of distraction
#2Oh the irony of distracting myself by reading this on Hacker News, then making a comment which I will flip back to and check reflexively for the next two hours.
Re: We’re creating a culture of distraction
#3Oh the irony of distracting myself by reading this on Hacker News, then making a comment which I will flip back to and check reflexively for the next two hours.
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#4I don't think its a crises of attention or a culture of distraction. I think it's that literally everyone can publish grammatically incorrect rantings with terrible spelling and incoherent structure and we've gotten really good at wading through the chaff. There just isn't that much good stuff out there and yet every single person thinks they are Shakespeare. There never has been that much great stuff it's just we relied on other means to filter it for us (publishers, editors, etc.).
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#5Ability to focus (or defocus) improves with practice, so for example reading a book for one hour every day will make wonders for you. And almost no cravings.
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#6Please do yourselves a favour and look up Neil Postman. I can recommend "Amusing Ourselves to Death" and "Technopoly", in particular.
Re: We’re creating a culture of distraction
#7Oh the irony of distracting myself by reading this on Hacker News, then making a comment which I will flip back to and check reflexively for the next two hours.
I read the first half of the first item and closed the page. I was going to write more on this subject, but now I'm going to submit this comment as is and close the page.
Re: We’re creating a culture of distraction
#8TL;DR
Re: We’re creating a culture of distraction
#9I felt that full-screen mode in OS X was in part a response to avoiding distraction.
Also, in social settings, I've noticed I'll check my phone if I'm alone, or near people where conversation has ended. Part of that is a mini-escape, and another part is caused by insecurity/peer pressure. If you're all alone doing nothing, you have less perceived worth than if you're all alone doing something.
Re: We’re creating a culture of distraction
#10Everything in moderation! Check out http://thedigitaldetox.org. There are those of us who have been thinking about this problem for a while!