jrtageh

For increased happiness it is the ban of addictive websites. Likes, dislikes and most importantly, flagging, censoring and cancelling, externalizes your locus of control and makes you think that you live in a dystopian world.

The Internet wasn't this bad when people were on Usenet and no one would censor your thoughts.

For cognitive abilities it is the phone ban itself.

I'm not surprised to see cognitive ability rise quickly. When I ditch the computer for two days and use pencil and paper, my math abilities rise sharply.