Fragmented selves behave one way while under the influence of digital willpower, but another when making decisions without such assistance.
constantly plugged in to willpower-enhancing devices
Infantalized subjects are morally lazy
technological enhancement can diminish people's sense of achievement
"we will slide from housekeeping to being kept by our house."
technologies that seem to enhance willpower but only do so through distraction.
Perhaps the very conception of a resolute self was flawed.
Rather, the will is both embodied and embedded: social and physical environment enhance or impoverish our ability to decide and carry out our intentions; often our intentions themselves are shaped by social and physical aspects of the environment.
It makes perfect sense to think of the will as something that can be supported or assisted by technology.
it's clear that in the United States, traditional notions of willpower have failed in some key regards, especially in the health arena.