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Book digital minimalism6/1/2023 ![]() ![]() I want to briefly focus on two forces from this longer treatment that not only seemed particularly relevant to our discussion, but as you’ll soon learn, repeatedly came up in my own research on how tech companies encourage behavioral addiction: intermittent positive reinforcement and the drive for social approval.effects provide a compelling incentive to repeatedly pursue the behavior despite detrimental consequences.Addiction is a condition in which a person engages in use of a substance or in a behavior for which the rewarding. ![]() ![]() Because, let’s face it, checking your “likes” is the new smoking. The tycoons of docial media have to stop pretending that they’re friendly nerd gods building a better world and admit they’re just tobacco farmers in T-shirts selling an addictive product to children.Marcus Aurelius asked: “You see how few things you have to do to live a satisfying and reverent life?”.I’ve become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else.This book provides the antidote to a modern lifestyle that has become tragically dependent on constant stimulation from technology. ![]()
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