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Re:Our Minds Have Been Hijacked by Our Phones by kaffeemitsahne on Saturday August 19, 2017 @07:07PM (#15056124)
The only adaptation I can really see working in the long term is being very conscious of our behaviour, and simply not doing it. The choice to do or do not open a new tab and type news.yc.. in the URL bar is always your own.
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Re:Our Minds Have Been Hijacked by Our Phones by closeparen on Saturday August 19, 2017 @07:51PM (#15056254)
Historically, this approach to addiction has performed poorly. You're not wrong, but this also isn't very useful.

I have found that putting some friction in front of the unconscious "tabbing to timewasting site" habit is really useful while trying to get something done.

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