Taking the internet off the hook
I think it&#x27;s one approach to try to hack your world to resolve the behaviour.  It never strikes me as the right one though.<p>We can say we live in a world of endless distractions that keep us from more worthy causes, but we are also choosing to spend our time being distracted.  This is stating the obvious, but we must want to be endlessly distracted, otherwise we wouldn&#x27;t do it.<p>Perhaps if that feels like the wrong answer, it is because we are asking the wrong question.  Perhaps the proper question is what level of technology is acceptable in our lives.<p>So, for example, we now know that smart phones come with lots of extras, apps, games, finance, social, etc.  Lots of apps are also explicitly designed to be addictive.  Once you have a phone, it&#x27;s not really possible to close the door to some and allow others, at least not to a satisfactory level.<p>Ultimately, if the technology is not serving you, you have the choice to not use it.  You can take the nuclear option, and turn your back on whatever hardware.  Perhaps this is the real question - can we turn our back on entertaining, pleasurable technology that wastes our time to some extent, to allow natural physical life back in?