How the mobile phone changed everything
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The Importance of Instant Gratification in Habits
I think it really comes down to instant gratification. So a phone will respond to you immediately. You don't have to wait for it. It is not going to be unhappy about what it is that you're telling it, etc. And this is the reason for why habits can very quickly develop. Your phone will respond really quickly and you already give a phone to an infant. It learns that, you know, that phone is going to give you all those bright colors, all those fancy sounds, etc. Much better than mom or dad because they are always busy. They're always doing something else and you always have to wait on them. I think we can really see how a phone may
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