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by Jeff_Brown 1901 days ago
News, asynchronous communication, and other media have a payoff structure not unlike a slot machine's. It can be genuinely hard to determine whether one's consumption of any of them is irrational.
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I forgot who said checking notifications is like pulling the slot machine lever, but it's an apt comparison.
Sounds like a Douglas Rushkoff-ism.