Dean AmiridisJan 23, 2023
Jesse
If you only have good ideas in the shower it means it’s the only place your phone isn’t dominating your attention.
Jan 23, 2023 at 12:46amWeb
Show threadJesseJan 23, 2023
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Show threadPadraigJan 23, 2023
@jesse waterproof phones fixed this problem for me nicely
Show threadSystem IV, Building KJan 23, 2023
@jesse This is interesting and I’m not done thinking about it, but there is an argument that the “phone” (as we call it now, which is weird) is our transceiver for excess information. Like augmented intelligence, or something like that.
Show threadJason RaimondiJan 23, 2023
@jesse Why are you attacking me like this? 😅
Show threadBen RaderJan 23, 2023
@jesse … or your kids.
Show threadTomJan 23, 2023
@jesse Wonder what influence the white noise a shower provides has on this.
Show threadBedJan 23, 2023
@xsan64 @jesse white noise, relaxing warmth and the menial task of washing
Show threadTony ScidaJan 23, 2023
@jesse no doubt there is some truth to this, but people had ideas in the shower long before smartphones!
Show threadVinceJan 23, 2023
@tonyskyday ah, good point.
Show threadDave DiamondJan 23, 2023
@jesse Gotta be the acoustics.
Show threadJerome (He/Him)Jan 23, 2023

@jesse I never develop any ideas in the shower. Good or bad.

My best ideas come from shooting the shit with people I’m comfortable talking to for hours.

Show threadSam GrossJan 23, 2023

@jesse this is absout 35% of the reason why I ride for an hour every day at lunch (in season).

Even when my phone isn’t distracting, something else is.

Show threadBedJan 23, 2023
@jesse likely a contributing factor but shower ideas have been a thing since well before iPhones and computers ;) Guys be a heap of contributing factors imo
Show threadVinceJan 23, 2023
@jesse hadn’t thought of it like that. I must ponder this.
Show threadEshwar NagJan 23, 2023
@jesse wow
Show threadDomJan 23, 2023
@jesse correlation ≠ causation.
Show threadElliotJan 23, 2023
@jesse I’d like to agree, but this was true before I had a phone. Or one that could feature in my attention usage stats anyway.
Show threadRobinJan 23, 2023
@jesse I actually usually play a podcast on my phone loudspeaker when i’m in the shower. But i have to admit my thoughts tend to get “lost” and i end up not paying too much attention to the podcast.
Show threaddustinbucherJan 23, 2023
@jesse Jokes on you, I don't even have to good of ideas there either
Show threadEdPeteJan 27, 2023
@jesse have you gone viral? Got a SoundCloud link my dude?
Show threadJesseJan 28, 2023
@EdPete it’s funny because I logged off hard after posting that and came back to a bunch of random reply guys
Show threadGeorge CrumpJan 31, 2023
@jesse This explains why I always have good ideas while swimming