The Right to Attention in an Age of Distraction

Re:The Right to Attention in an Age of Distraction by c54 on Friday May 26, 2017 @04:28PM (#14426897)

Just installed it. It generates a link on your homescreen from the app you need space from (ie twitter, in my case). Link looks like the twitter app icon.

When I tap it it loads the browser on a page saying "breath with me" for a second or two, and then loads the twitter app.

I can imagine 1) needing the breath and that working out, 2) ditching the process of loading twitter if i'm asked to breath

both would be good outcomes

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Re:The Right to Attention in an Age of Distraction by tdaltonc on Friday May 26, 2017 @04:45PM (#14427030)

Glad you like it!

There's a third benefit too. Putting a lag between the action and the reward rewires the brains wanting system. That itch at the back of your brain or the impulse to reach for your phone at the briefest hint of boredom doesn't have to be there. Using space will kill that wanting impulse.

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Re:The Right to Attention in an Age of Distraction by akkartik on Friday May 26, 2017 @08:17PM (#14428145)

Very interesting idea. I wonder how hard it would be to write a plugin to do this transparently on my browser.

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