Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Opportunity

Re:Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Oppo... by beaconstudios on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @10:04AM (#18176050)

I totally agree. I think this constant need to be doing something is one of the voids that needs to be filled, and it seems to be largely cultural and driven by consumerism. Meditation is a great way to tackle that and many other voids, I regularly find myself feeling much more emotionally levelled out after having meditated successfully.

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Re:Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Oppo... by mbrock on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @10:14AM (#18176126)

On the other hand, in some way I think the Buddhist rhetoric—probably especially in the West—can tend to exaggerate in making it seem like the original sin.

Which it probably is if you're striving for the kind of nirvana that Buddhist monks strive for...

But "laypeople" shouldn't get meta-anxious about it and try to achieve a mental peace that's impossible in their life situation.

Even in Zen they have the saying "no work, no eat."

But yeah, maybe we spend 98% of our waking life in attachment, when a better ratio would be, say, 80%?

And the insidious thing about "tech" is that it's constantly available. It's almost like having a schizophrenic voice in your head that interrupts every quiet moment.

I think everyone has their own little ways of getting some daily quietude, but I do also think that with the current state of advanced distraction technologies, it's not rare for someone to spend a whole day "online."

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