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> One, with software, you could delay any action for a set amount of time as such to give your brain time to make a more concrete decision.

Is there a type of software that already does this? Because it is not like it could not be implemented right now, nor that it would not be useful right now for the exact same reasons. Of course it is completely against most corporations' interests, so not sure who would produce that in the first place.

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> Is there a type of software that already does this?

Several email clients including Gmail have the ability to have a short delay from clicking “Send” till it actually does the send to allow you the ability to undo.

Yes but I assume that people do not usually get "addicted" to sending emails, and that feature seems more oriented towards making sense one did not forget sth or clicked send by mistake (has happened to me). What we talk about would be more relevant in social media, both in passively consuming and in participating more actively.

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