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When Your Phone Alarm Becomes a Morning Trap

I keep my phone next to my bed to use as an alarm but then I scroll for an hour when I wake up and feel disgusted with myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Practical dependencies on devices can create unwanted exposure to systems designed to capture attention.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Confucian virtue ethics and technology?”

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