<story><title>The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)</title><url>https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691462?journalCode=jacr</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>geocrasher</author><text>I get the same thing by A) not watching the news B) turning off notifications for almost all apps C) the real magic key to keeping control of your smart phone, instead of letting it control you is&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;buzz&amp;gt; &amp;lt;buzz&amp;gt;&lt;p&gt;hang on&lt;p&gt;Hello?&lt;p&gt;Look I&amp;#x27;m right in the middle of something I&amp;#x27;ll... yeah. I know I ... I KNOW. Look, I gotta go.&lt;p&gt;Anyway, as I was saying... uh... well anyway. Phones suck.</text></item><item><author>perlgod</author><text>Getting rid of my smartphone was without a doubt the most positive thing I ever did for myself.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sure some people have the self-control to use it sparingly. But for me, not having to constantly fight the urge to check my always-connected magic pocket internet portal has freed up a huge amount of my mental willpower, which I can now redirect to other more important things.&lt;p&gt;Now that everything is closed, I don&amp;#x27;t even miss having the convenience of Uber&amp;#x2F;Google Maps. Additionally, without social media, I remain blissfully unaware of whatever corona hysteria or political drama is consuming the minds of my peers.&lt;p&gt;These devices have a veritable legion of engineers working to make the smartphone experience as addictive as possible. For some people, the only winning move it not to play.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>DiffEq</author><text>I have had my office phone on Do Not Disturb for 5 years and my cell phone has all notifications turned off and the ringer is set to off.  The only time i turn it on is if I am expecting a call - which is hardly ever.  Same with my PC - no notifications...it helps a great deal to keep the tool a tool instead of letting it become your master.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)</title><url>https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691462?journalCode=jacr</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>geocrasher</author><text>I get the same thing by A) not watching the news B) turning off notifications for almost all apps C) the real magic key to keeping control of your smart phone, instead of letting it control you is&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;buzz&amp;gt; &amp;lt;buzz&amp;gt;&lt;p&gt;hang on&lt;p&gt;Hello?&lt;p&gt;Look I&amp;#x27;m right in the middle of something I&amp;#x27;ll... yeah. I know I ... I KNOW. Look, I gotta go.&lt;p&gt;Anyway, as I was saying... uh... well anyway. Phones suck.</text></item><item><author>perlgod</author><text>Getting rid of my smartphone was without a doubt the most positive thing I ever did for myself.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sure some people have the self-control to use it sparingly. But for me, not having to constantly fight the urge to check my always-connected magic pocket internet portal has freed up a huge amount of my mental willpower, which I can now redirect to other more important things.&lt;p&gt;Now that everything is closed, I don&amp;#x27;t even miss having the convenience of Uber&amp;#x2F;Google Maps. Additionally, without social media, I remain blissfully unaware of whatever corona hysteria or political drama is consuming the minds of my peers.&lt;p&gt;These devices have a veritable legion of engineers working to make the smartphone experience as addictive as possible. For some people, the only winning move it not to play.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thelean12</author><text>...What? In what situation does this happen?&lt;p&gt;If I&amp;#x27;m busy then I&amp;#x27;ll let it go to voicemail and call back.</text></comment>