Time Casinos.

Casinos are designed to make people addicted. You never start in a casino by saying that you would gamble most of what you have. They tempt you to incrementally keep putting in more money until they have taken everything they can take from you.

There are apps, now, that do the same with time: YouTube, Netflix, Instagram Reels and their counterparts.

You never start by saying that you will spend the next 12 hours on Netflix or YouTube. It starts with one video, which is not more than 5 minutes. But there is a temptation at the end of each video and sooner rather than later you are out of time and energy to do anything else. Moreover, your brain is now addicted to the deed as we carry the casino in our pockets everywhere.

Another consequence of repeating this behaviour is that we are unable to invest time in learning and upskilling. Because we become so used to using our additional time in this manner, we become ill-equipped to do deep learning in our off-time.

If your time, energy and attention matter, if your work and your livelihood depend on it. there is only one way to not lose everything at the time casinos.

And that is to not play the game, to begin with.