Choice audits
Compare choices without making it moral.
Look at price, convenience, time, health, waste, and attention side by side. The point is to see the tradeoff clearly.
Area
Attention & Digital Life
Screens, feeds, streaming, games, comments, AI content, and digital clutter.
Attention & Digital Life / Digital Life: Compare common 30-minute attention choices. These scores are especially subjective and should be read as prompts. These scores are directional estimates based on transparent assumptions. They are not exact scientific measurements.
First choice
30 minutes social media
Second choice
30 minutes reading long-form article/book
Side-by-side comparison
30 minutes reading long-form article/book currently shows the lower hidden-cost estimate by 37 points.
These scores are directional estimates based on transparent assumptions. They are not exact scientific measurements.
30 minutes social media
54/10030 minutes reading long-form article/book
17/100| Measure | 30 minutes social media | 30 minutes reading long-form article/book |
|---|---|---|
| Time | 30 minutes | 30 minutes |
| Attention intensity | High | Medium |
| Social value | Variable | Low to medium |
| Regret risk | Medium | Low |
| Default habit risk | High | Low |
| Overall hidden cost | 54/100 | 17/100 |
MindAttentionTimeCommunityAutonomy
| Choice | Hidden cost | Time | Attention intensity | Social value | Regret risk | Default habit risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 minutes social media | 54/100 | 30 minutes | High | Variable | Medium | High |
| 30 minutes reading long-form article/book | 17/100 | 30 minutes | Medium | Low to medium | Low | Low |
| 30 minutes gaming | 37/100 | 30 minutes | High | Low to high | Low to medium | Medium |
| 30 minutes streaming video | 40/100 | 30 minutes | Medium | Low to medium | Medium | Medium |
| 30 minutes messaging friends | 23/100 | 30 minutes | Medium | High | Low | Low to medium |
| 30 minutes doomscrolling/news | 64/100 | 30 minutes | High | Low | High | High |