Google Products Hijack Our Brains in Strange Ways

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For example, do you ever find yourself with half a second of free time, instinctively taking out your phone, opening up the Gmail app, and scrolling it and refreshing it to check if you got any new email, even if you checked half a second ago?

Also — googling something before thinking about it.

Thought:

Stop using Gmail.

For email, use a self hosted option (your own name @ your own domain.com). Use the built in Apple Mail software for your MacBook Laptop, or on your iPhone.

Also, when you have something you’re curious about, don’t google it. Think about it for a long time first, then later if you wanna do more research use wikipedia.org instead.