All these [social media]companies are very smart. They have very good data scientists. They have very good UI specialists ... You're bringing a knife to a gunfight if you think you can use your self-control to keep your use of Instagram to, say, 10 minutes - Tim-Ferris/pod clip
There was a study that a person plucked from modern world will self administer pain (electric shocks), rather than be bored. - study
Being bored is significantly better than distracting yourself: Ted Talk: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
~If you can't be bored for 5-10 minutes, then it makes you very fragile and makes you very easy to manipulate. Tim-Ferris/podclip
“Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.” - Seneca
