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Gaia Bernstein on Gaining Control Over Addictive Technologies

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work & Life

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The Importance of Choice

I know that in the book you say, and I'll quote you here, that it's actually the remnants of choice that are so misleading and reinforce the illusion of control. Can you explain what you mean by that? Well, if we feel like we have the choice or enough of the choice, enough of the time, it feels like we have control. So then the problem is us, not the technology. That is a big part of it. And I think enough part of it is that we never really, we feel likeWe should join Facebook,. I chose to start texting on the go and answering emails on the go. We didn't realize it will end up spending so many hours

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