> Boundless Mind makes it easy to hook your users.
That's not that this post's title made me think it was, which was something that make people put away their phones[0].
[0]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/27/mobile-ph...
> > Boundless Mind’s business model is to develop new versions of the same persuasive tools, combined with machine learning, that big tech firms already use–and then to sell them to nonprofits and companies promoting education, health or social welfare.
It's rare to have a running addiction, but common to have a running habit. Is the line the strength of the compulsion, or the effect on the human...?
With running I suppose the effort to do it, even if it's a habit, prevents most people from getting addicted to it. And then those that have some psychological 'dependence' on running would not generally be considered 'addicted' because running is mostly healthy.
"Meet the tech company that wants to make you even more addicted to your phone" – TechCrunch at: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/08/meet-the-tech-company-that...
The Time's editor should be ashamed.
There's a difference between the mission (power tools for your habits) and the current stage (which is "garage SaaS startup")