David Pierce

There's just enough friction there. And it also makes it a thing I have to stand up and go do. Like now, if I'm sitting here and looking at my phone and I want to use Instagram, I have to go upstairs, tap my phone on the thing, and then come back downstairs and look at Instagram. And there's something really powerful in just that moment of, I have to have said out loud that I want to do this.

There's just enough friction there. And it also makes it a thing I have to stand up and go do. Like now, if I'm sitting here and looking at my phone and I want to use Instagram, I have to go upstairs, tap my phone on the thing, and then come back downstairs and look at Instagram. And there's something really powerful in just that moment of, I have to have said out loud that I want to do this.

that really works.

that really works.

that really works.

So one is it's very expensive. Each of those little tiny readers that don't really do anything is $59. Oh, wow. And so the idea of having a few of these adds up fast. The other thing is it's really, sort of a blunt instrument, right?

So one is it's very expensive. Each of those little tiny readers that don't really do anything is $59. Oh, wow. And so the idea of having a few of these adds up fast. The other thing is it's really, sort of a blunt instrument, right?

So one is it's very expensive. Each of those little tiny readers that don't really do anything is $59. Oh, wow. And so the idea of having a few of these adds up fast. The other thing is it's really, sort of a blunt instrument, right?

It doesn't have sort of a schedule that understands like what you're doing and the idea that like, oh, I actually need to check this one thing, but only for two minutes, and then I don't want to be able to look at it again. It's also, I should say, a really... easy habit to break. The reason that it works is that it is really straightforward to do.

It doesn't have sort of a schedule that understands like what you're doing and the idea that like, oh, I actually need to check this one thing, but only for two minutes, and then I don't want to be able to look at it again. It's also, I should say, a really... easy habit to break. The reason that it works is that it is really straightforward to do.

It doesn't have sort of a schedule that understands like what you're doing and the idea that like, oh, I actually need to check this one thing, but only for two minutes, and then I don't want to be able to look at it again. It's also, I should say, a really... easy habit to break. The reason that it works is that it is really straightforward to do.

Their idea is that you'll like put one brick, I don't know, on your desk at work and another one by your front door at home where you leave your keys, right? And so you like break it when you get home, unbreak it when you get to work, like whatever. You sort of build that into kind of the routine of your life.

Their idea is that you'll like put one brick, I don't know, on your desk at work and another one by your front door at home where you leave your keys, right? And so you like break it when you get home, unbreak it when you get to work, like whatever. You sort of build that into kind of the routine of your life.

Their idea is that you'll like put one brick, I don't know, on your desk at work and another one by your front door at home where you leave your keys, right? And so you like break it when you get home, unbreak it when you get to work, like whatever. You sort of build that into kind of the routine of your life.

I forgot to do it once and completely fell out of the habit of doing it for like two weeks.

I forgot to do it once and completely fell out of the habit of doing it for like two weeks.

I forgot to do it once and completely fell out of the habit of doing it for like two weeks.

The way I have come to think about it is that our responsibility is definitely to remember what was good about not being on our phones all the time. But the problem that we have, is we think phones are awesome. Like, we also grew up in the time when all of this stuff was just cool. It was just exciting and didn't feel problematic.

The way I have come to think about it is that our responsibility is definitely to remember what was good about not being on our phones all the time. But the problem that we have, is we think phones are awesome. Like, we also grew up in the time when all of this stuff was just cool. It was just exciting and didn't feel problematic.

The way I have come to think about it is that our responsibility is definitely to remember what was good about not being on our phones all the time. But the problem that we have, is we think phones are awesome. Like, we also grew up in the time when all of this stuff was just cool. It was just exciting and didn't feel problematic.