I can't tell if they're trying to sell me groundbreaking new brain scan technology or very dodgy supplements. Possibly one of the most vague product sites I've seen and there are a lot that come up on here.
I'm surprised this happens in tech so much. I feel I'm always very aware of people in the real world having no idea what I work on, so I always need to give background and context. I have noticed people in other industries haven't experienced that their whole life so often rattle off jargon that means nothing to me.
Looks like all the founders are US based, maybe it's a cultural thing.
Few years ago I was at a cloud conference and met who worked for a failure large and known security company in a tech position. They have all kinds of offerings. While he was talking to someone, I decided to speak to one of their sales guys. I shared a bit about what my company did and what kind of infra we were using and then asked him what they offered and specifically what they could offer to us. This was one of dumbest conversation I had ever had. The guys had no f*cking clue what his company was selling beyond "we sell turn key enterprise security solution", it was so painful. I even tried to steer him into trying to sell us some vulnerability scans or traffic analysis for threat detection.
Yeah, I get it, it maybe niche, he is in a non technical, they have many offerings, he hadn't been there too long (iirc about a year, which is long enough for sales), but it was still unacceptable. To me it's the same phenomenon – lack of clarity in communication – not exactly sure what the root cause.
Apps aren't going to make you happier. If you want to be happier, go for a walk outside and go hang out with your friends, in person.
An Uber driver waiting for their next passenger isn’t able to go hang out with friends, but they can play on their phone, or read a book.
Personally, having a driver sit their counting the number of red cars or counting the number of different state license plates is equally purpose serving as doom scrolling. In fact, it's probably much less detrimental to their mental health.
It saddens me a wee bit that people think that the devices much be attended to to this extent.
We don't consider people watching TV, listing to the radio, or reading books as addicts yet people decried each of them as they became ever more popular for ruining the youth etc. People like stimulation and seem to indulge when it's new, but most people also get used to it relatively quickly.
Your second sentence is null after your first.
Compare retention numbers between smoking and clash of clans, a clearly successful pay to win game, and it’s not even close.
We could talk about various other apps, but nobody has actually nailed addiction for the general population just the people highly susceptible to such behaviors.
it's like you think a device is only able to play games which is clearly ludicrous.
Meta has billions of users but that’s split across 4 platforms FB, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. So clearly popularity isn’t the same as addiction otherwise their FB app would be all they need.
Go back a few years and Netflix seem addictive as people binged shows, but I doubt anyone is seriously suggesting they are addictive today.
Q.E.D. New and fun isn't the same as addictive.
I’m on HN right now instead of playing piano or going for a walk. I think I need the reminder sometimes.
As a result there isn't much video of the kid, but I don't regret it. By the timewe switched to video cams in our pockets, I had pretty much given up, and apart from a few few-second captures, I haven't shot any video in years. And TBH I don't miss it at all.
Apps like this are simply more of the same.
I have increasingly come to the belief that mediating our life experiences and social interactions through apps isn't good for us.
Your website "Matter" [1], to be honest, seems completely dystopian to me and an indication of all that's wrong with the relationship between technology and society.
[1] https://matter.xyz/