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Why Turning Off Notifications Doesn't Always Reduce Anxiety

I turned off all my notifications but now I compulsively check everything manually and I think I'm more anxious than before.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Without addressing underlying drivers of urgency, removing technological triggers can amplify internal restlessness.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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