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Digital Discipline

The metaphysics of digital discipline identifies the underlying habits that are imprinted on our cultural self. To rebuild ties with our real selves, we must connect with our deepest convictions. To connect, we need a regimen, a discipline. Discipline is an essential educational toolkit to conquer the challenges offered by the potent psychological forces that drive our basic drives, if we are to even approach feeling healthy. Digital discipline is built upon this work in the age of ubiquitous digital space. Swami Vivekananda valued education as that which goes beyond merely disseminating information. He laid emphasis on the fine art of refining the mind. Today, living a digital lifestyle is synonymous with the new normal. If we really want to know our minds, we must take action to ensure that this pervasive digital lifestyle is regulated and that we are not overwhelmed. So, we need the right education to address this challenge. Digital discipline guides us to inculcate the prin

Choice architecture

Choice architecture is about designing our choice structures. It is about how certain choices we make at the moment, for the moment, with little or no thought and its consequences, as opposed to clarity-based thinking, which governs our decisions. We can choose our actions, or we can choose our consequences, but we can’t choose both. Can we? We think much differently when we make choices for now versus later. Why? Because we want to do better in the future - programmed to seek happiness in the future. Designing our “ choice architecture ” aligns us with our short-term goals and long-term visions. Expert decision-makers often decide based on the consequences of the various options. They then aim to build on the positives and minimize the negatives. To become a consistent decision-maker, one needs to adopt spiritual decision-making, as it imbibes a holistic approach that governs our inner life and influences interactions with the world. We seek freedom, and good choices empower it.