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    1. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      1/The most insidious form of consumption is digital content. Designed to keep the monkey mind engaged while putting you to sleep.

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    2. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      2/There is no difference in the brain's perception of value between acquisition of material resources, and acquisition of information.

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    3. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      3/The brain is wired to automatically respond to and encourage acquiring value by rewarding itself with a slew of chemicals, incl. dopamine.

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    4. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      4/Just as with sex and food, we respond automatically to novel information with an almost imperceptible urge to acquire it.

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    5. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      5/Novel information is at play everywhere, from the news, to "likes" on social media, to TV series plots, to this very post you are reading.

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    6. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      6/This "loophole" of the brain was discovered by humans centuries ago but modern technology has brought it to its most profitable apex.

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    7. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      7/Companies have shifted to digital content/products: cheap to produce and distribute, short/renewed life cycles, same effect as material.

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    8. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      8/Many people spend almost the entire day on screens. They volunteer themselves as consumers and the digital marketplace takes care of them.

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    9. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      9/The supply of digital content is now unlimited, and the winners of the game are those who engage the monkey mind most, and most reliably.

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      Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

      10/It's not just about attention and choice: Being surrounded by screens w/ Internet access is like being surrounded by food all the time.

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        2. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

          11/In fact this is exactly how your brain perceives it. In this environment no matter how you direct choice and attention, you'll eat more.

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        3. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

          12/The problem is that automatic responses lead to automatic living. It is impossible to be in the monkey mind and simultaneously present.

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        4. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

          13/Most solutions to this problem end up with a constant tug of war with the monkey mind; an inefficient, draining, Sisyphean lost cause.

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        5. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

          14/To think you can exert control over the monkey mind & give it free reign is like letting children play with matches near a gas station.

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        6. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

          15/The effective solution is modifying the environment so that the automatic response of consuming information can't be instantly gratified.

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        7. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

          16/Time & space are needed to notice these responses, to be conscious of the monkey mind so you have the choice of not being defined by it.

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        8. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

          17/It's fruitless to fight against the monkey mind; you cannot choose its responses. What you can do is to limit its range of opportunity.

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        9. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017

          18/The rule of thumb is this: When the monkey mind is, you are not. When you are, the monkey mind is not. To know which is? Pay attention.

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        2. Nathan‏ @ndsa1208 11 Sep 2017
          Replying to @mistermircea

          Is reading a book indulging in the "monkey mind" ?

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        3. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 11 Sep 2017
          Replying to @ndsa1208

          You presumably choose to read a book which isn't an unconscious/stimulus response. So I wouldn't say the monkey mind plays a lot into it.

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        2. Deane Barton‏ @BartonDeane 11 Sep 2017
          Replying to @mistermircea

          Is there evidence that earlier, "analogue" generations were more mentally present on average?

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        3. Mircea Macavei‏ @mistermircea 12 Sep 2017
          Replying to @BartonDeane

          A case could surely be made that there was less opportunity for absent-mindedness but it would vary depending on culture/social class/etc.

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