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I tried something similar using an app that dimmed the phone in response to ambient light levels. Similar to your color hypothesis, the idea here is that we (human) are attracted to bright things and if the screen is dim it's less attractive and keeps less of our attention.

Eventually I gave it up because it annoyed the hell out of me and didn't seem to change my behavior. Some of this may be due to the fact that I'm a designer - I pay attention to (among other things) color as a routine activity.

I do try to curate more carefully the things I engage with. Facebook is right out, and I've tried to find an assortment of interesting folk to follow on Twitter, including people like Muslim scholars whom I'd normally not read. As a result my social media stream tends toward the humorous and educational. Yes, politics is still rage-inducing but it helps me to engage from the view of people unlike myself but who share many of my ideals.

That said, I live with an electronic umbilical almost all my waking hours, which is probably unhealthy in all sorts of other ways. Worth thinking about.

Thanks for sharing this!