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by tdaltonc 3315 days ago
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There's a third benefit too. Putting a lag between the action and the reward rewires the brains wanting system. That itch at the back of your brain or the impulse to reach for your phone at the briefest hint of boredom doesn't have to be there. Using space will kill that wanting impulse.

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Very interesting idea. I wonder how hard it would be to write a plugin to do this transparently on my browser.