You Will Live Like a Lobotomized Pigeon If You Don’t Reclaim Your Focus

Our attention problems didn't start with smartphones

Prisoners’ Round by Vincent van Gogh Screens are killing us. That’s not a new statement. The destruction of our attention due to increasing technology usage is one of the main topics of our age. And rightfully so. However, discussions about the relationship between our digital consumption and our attention are still largely limited to productivity. Children are struggling to study, entrepreneurial people are struggling to “lock in,” and employees’ efficiency is dropping. All because of the damn phones. But what about the deeper relationship between the phones, our attention, and the…

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