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The Death of Daydreaming

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707 points isolli | 2 comments | | HN request time: 0.397s | source
1. bilsbie ◴[] No.43897068[source]
Does anyone else find that there’s something especially addictive about it being “your phone”? Like I can’t get nearly as engaged on a laptop or even an iPad. It’s like I’m connected to this one specific device.
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2. gaudystead ◴[] No.43897435[source]
I suspect it's a mixture of instant gratification combined with portability. We can carry a little dopamine dispenser around with us wherever we go, which (assumedly) causes us to build dependency on it.