The Cognitive Cost
Johann Hari explains how chronic interruptions and distractions can lower IQ points, making it twice as bad for your intelligence as getting stoned. He also discusses how technology is designed to interrupt us, and how companies are spending billions of dollars in research to hack our focus and steal it.In this clip
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707: Johann Hari | Why You Can't Pay Attention—And What to Do About It
Related Questions
Do interruptions destroy the flow of deep work? If so, for how long?
If you have pleasurable stimuli that you're exposed to every day for about 1 hour non-stop, which version (novelty-based or intense but predictable) would cause the ability to focus on important things like studying or reading to decline over time? How can it be that just scrolling social media hurts your ability to focus, even if you're bored with most of the content?