Palvok - A serious beeminder competitor?

Maneesh Sethi, the behavior change expert that hired a girl off Craigslist
to slap him in the face every time he got distracted from working on his
thesis, has come up with something even weirder: A wristband that let your
friends electroshock you if you don’t stick to your habits. It may even act
as an alarm clock that give an electric shock you if you snooze too many
times. Wakeup guaranteed!

The video below, an interview on habit change, was very interesting so I
recommend watching in its entirety. However the link jumps directly to the
good part with a demonstration of the shock function.

Also read the related blog post
on http://hackthesystem.com/blog/pavlok-revealed-wednesday-beta-test-the-first-habit-training-devices/


You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Yeah, Maneesh is a cool dude/friend :slight_smile:

I’m excited to see Pavlok once it launches.
-Jolly

From: akratics@googlegroups.com [mailto:akratics@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Widén
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 4:02 PM
To: akratics@googlegroups.com
Subject: Palvok - A serious beeminder competitor?

Maneesh Sethi, the behavior change expert that hired a girl off Craigslist to slap him in the face every time he got distracted from working on his thesis, has come up with something even weirder: A wristband that let your friends electroshock you if you don’t stick to your habits. It may even act as an alarm clock that give an electric shock you if you snooze too many times. Wakeup guaranteed!

The video below, an interview on habit change, was very interesting so I recommend watching in its entirety. However the link jumps directly to the good part with a demonstration of the shock function.

Also read the related blog post on Pavlok Revealed: Wednesday, Beta Test the First Habit Training Devices

You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.commailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.


You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.