Stupid Internet Videos May Make You More Productive


Consider this permission to visit ICanHasCheezburger at work. A new study shows that wasting time on the Internet actually helps you work better.

In short, the study said, willpower is not infinite: if you overuse it, you’ll run out.

Study participants were asked to watch a video of people passing balls and count the number of passes. But first they were given a distraction: in one group, the participants were shown a 10-minute funny video. In the other group, the participants were shown a screen that said there was a funny video to watch, but please, don’t watch it.

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