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Willpower is exhausting, use content blockers — LessWrong

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Okay, you say, well now I’ve thought about how I’m addicted to my screens, and what I’d be excited about doing if I weren’t. And you’ve told me a lot of stories. But what do you actually want me to do? I’m so glad you asked! The answer to that question is very long, but that’s why I’m writing about it for thirty straight days. Let’s start with something simple: Content blockers. Changing your relationship to screens requires a certain amount of willpower, but using willpower alone is fragile and exhausting. Content blockers reduce the amount of willpower that you need to use at each given moment. So today, I’ll go through a few different content blockers I use. (I was going to list all the strategies I use — physical life design, social strategies, as well as other ways I set up my devices to make them less addictive — but it was getting way too long and taking forever.) Every website and app is designed to to maximize the amount of time you spend on it, and that is not to your benefit

x Willpower is exhausting, use content blockers — LessWrong Digital Intentionality Practical Frontpage 30 Willpower is exhausting, use content blockers by mingyuan 7th Nov 2025 bright distance 4 min read 3 30 Okay, you say, well now I’ve thought about how I’m addicted to my screens, and what I’d be excited about doing if I weren’t. And you’ve told me a lot of stories. But what do you actually want me to do? I’m so glad you asked! The answer to that question is very long, but that’s why I’m writing about it for thirty straight days. Let’s start with something simple: Content blockers. Changing

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