Commenters describe personal experiments with attention management
4 Sep 21 1:10 PM · 3d ago · 3 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 5
Multiple users shared their own attempts to reclaim intentional consumption: one reported cutting social media and returning to physical books (4 books read this year), another described self-hosting to stay on par with platforms, and a third noted success switching to single-task focus.
“I cut out Social Media earlier this year, and it's been one of the best decisions I've made... I've started getting into the habit of keeping a book on me wherever I go. I've read 4 books this year!”
rvshchwlAlice Girard Guittard Software engineer, Tsukumogami Software co-founder
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The Mosaic browser (1993) had full text history search.We then got a bookmark system that was every bit as terrible as a web directory.It stayed that way. The delicious search revenue made organizing websites uninteresting. That obscure website you enjoyed a decade ago but don't even remember, they had lots of traffic like you. No point updating…
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Peak internet was the brief period of time when it was available but we weren't permanently connected. It was an intentional decision to log on, do what you wanted to do, and then disconnect.
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