I don't disagree that people lack self control.
replyMy only disagreement is that bans on cellphone-like tech will be at all enforceable in the near future.
They're kids... Even in some dystopian ass scifi future we all have implants in our eyes or some shit, we aren't doing that to kids...
reply> We're talking about kids, not adults.
replyFrankly, I believe the world would be a better place if we did a lot more banning of smartphones for adults, too. They are like crack.
I quit all social media (unless you count hackernews I guess), killed all notifications except calls and text messages, and regularly leave my phone in another room while I'm working or doing anything that requires prolonged attention. Helped a lot.
replyI'm doing the same thing except YouTube and certain niche subreddits have been very hard for me to kill off. Also apps that I want to check up on every now and then get put behind a firewall so they can only access the network when I allow them to, but some are still able to send me notifications despite being blocked. I need to figure out how they are getting around that or better yet just uninstall the app. After I killed off all the big tech social media slop I found notifications for random things to be almost as bad.
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