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At the end of the weekend I picked up the phone to check the statistics on how much I'd picked up my phone. The screen-time figures said I'd had 35 minutes on Sunday. On Saturday, I'd had 41 minutes. But on Wednesday, in the grip of unexamined phone dependency, I'd only had 77, and that was the worst day of the workweek—save Monday, when I'd racked... See more
Tom Scocca • Screening out consciousness
Shitty retention is ubiquitous
First, perhaps obvious, but no wonder retention in mobile products is terrible. I’ve often written about these benchmarks for retention:
When you ref... See more
First, perhaps obvious, but no wonder retention in mobile products is terrible. I’ve often written about these benchmarks for retention:
- daily retention of consumer apps: D1/D7/D28 of 60/30/15
- the % of active users — that is, DAU/registered — should be 25%
- or, for consumer/SMB subscription: M12 of >30%
When you ref... See more
How Novelty Effects and Dopamine Culture Rule the Tech Industry
On this episode, Author and Professor Douglas Rushkoff joins Nate to discuss how human behavior interacts with technology and how we have arrived at a place with enormous wealth and income inequality just as society is rapidly approaching biophysical limits.
Douglas Rushkoff • Douglas Rushkoff: "The Ultimate Exit Strategy"
Le simple fait de conserver votre téléphone en mode « Ne pas déranger » et de le consulter à intervalles réguliers – et pas comme une source immanente de bavardage incessant – vous permet de conserver les grands avantages de la technologie tout en évitant ses effets les plus pernicieux.
Michel le Séac'H • Réussir (sa vie) grâce au minimalisme digital (French Edition)
The problem is, maximizing interruptions in the name of business creates a tragedy of the commons, ruining global attention spans and causing billions of unnecessary interruptions each day.
Tristan Harris • How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind—from a Former Insider
We have, he believes, created in our culture “a perfect storm of cognitive degradation, as a result of distraction.”
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us
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Every single action we take — calling our grandparents, cleaning up the kitchen or, today, scrolling through our phones — is a transaction. We are taking what precious little attention we have and diverting it toward something. This is a zero-sum proposition, he realized. When you pay attention to one thing, you ignore something else.