Ask HN: How do you deal with information and internet addiction? | Hacker News

Most people I know have problems with Internet addiction. We're

all trying to figure out our own customs for getting free of it.

That's why I don't have an iPhone, for example; the last thing I

want is for the Internet to follow me out into the world.

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My latest trick is taking long hikes. I used to think running was a

better form of exercise than hik... See more

This also makes it easier to see why the strategies generally recommended for defeating distraction—digital detoxes, personal rules about when you’ll allow yourself to check your inbox, and so forth—rarely work, or at least not for long. They involve limiting your access to the things you use to assuage your urge toward distraction, and in the case... See more

This also makes it easier to see why the strategies generally recommended for defeating distraction—digital detoxes, personal rules about when you’ll allow yourself to check your inbox, and so forth—rarely work, or at least not for long. They involve limiting your access to the things you use to assuage your urge toward distraction, and in the case... See more