Notes from the podcast with @nireyal and @ShaneAParrish
1) Netflix is in the business of dramatizing stories, and The Social Dilemma shows a very lop-sided view on social media. Nothing enters the life of mortals without some negative aspect. Restraint is key.
1) Netflix is in the business of dramatizing stories, and The Social Dilemma shows a very lop-sided view on social media. Nothing enters the life of mortals without some negative aspect. Restraint is key.
2) Blaming "Big Tech" for habit addictions is just a way of evading responsibility. It's on us control the WAY we use social media, as opposed to BANNING it arbitrarily.
3) All distractions begin from internal triggers, from within. Boredom, uncertainty, fatigue and other forms of discomfort. Attention management is first and foremost pain management. All human behaviour is driven by seeking to escape discomfort.
4) Don't be a blamer or shamer, by shoving the problem on others or victimizing yourself. Rather, be claimer, and learn to build the identity of a responsible method of dealing with these technologies.
5) The opposite of distraction is not FOCUS, but TRACTION. Any action that pulls you in the right direction is traction, and anything that pulls you in the opposite direction is DIS-traction.
6) The time you planned to waste, is not time-wasted. The key idea is intent and planning. You need to ask yourself is the app serving you at your time, or are you serving it, by using it at any and all times.
7) When you find yourself getting distracted, try and articulate the feeling that pushed you down that road, and explore it with curiosity, rather than judgement. Awareness is your best weapon against distraction.
8) Abstinence seldom works. It's better to say "NOT YET" or "NOT NOW" or "ENOUGH" rather than "NEVER".
9) To-Do lists are incomplete. It's better to schedule your calendar intelligently and plan all the tasks accordingly. The goal is not to "finish" the task, but to stay on the task without being distracted. Turn your values into time.
10) "Saying NO" is stupid advice. The solution to being in-distractable at work is syncing your schedule in accordance with your priorities and get the things done at the right time.
11) Learn to "hack-back" your attention. Any product that monetizes through ads is in the business of attention. Find tools and software irradicate those elements of media, like ad-blockers, and chrome-extensions.
12) Be smart and use "pacts" to control behaviour.
3 options: Effort pacts, by adding friction in the activity, price pacts, by adding a monetary dis-incentive, and identity pact, by changing your social norms.
3 options: Effort pacts, by adding friction in the activity, price pacts, by adding a monetary dis-incentive, and identity pact, by changing your social norms.
13) Strategies > Tactics.
Tactics: What you do
Strategies: Why you do it
Link to the podcast:
Tactics: What you do
Strategies: Why you do it
Link to the podcast:
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