deskthority

I am reading a small short but very interesting book, "Hyperfocus" by Chris Bailey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36959766-hyperfocus which I will happily recommend to anybody here who likes to read.

It reminds me of another small book I read earlier this year, "Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now" by Jaron Lanier https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/378 ... -right-now and both of them address the bizarre and antisocial things that are happening to us as a society due to the influence of modern technology.

But the reason for this thread is an incidental comment by Bailey as he was casually listing a few online "distractions" that he had allowed himself to indulge in that morning, and one of them was checking reddit, "specifically the mechanical keyboards subreddit"

So, Chris, are you a denizen here as well? You don't have to answer in public, but I am hoping that you know that a good keyboard is more productive and less distracting, allowing greater focus and productivity!

I suspect I'd need a log cabin out in the mountains to get the focus I forever pine for. I don't use Facebook or Twitter—haven't for donkey's years—but it's IRL distractions that forever get in my way.

Don't judge the 2nd book by the title. It was written by an original old-school tech pioneer and is focused on the impact that these communication systems are having on our society.

I can’t delete my social media accounts. I just can’t. No, I mean literally, I never created any to begin with.