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The Case for a Digital Asceticism | Unhurrying with a Rule of Life E3

John Mark Comer Teachings

CHAPTER

The Power of Sustaining Attention

In 2000, before the digital revolution, it was 12 seconds for the average American. Now, post-iPhone, Wi-Fi, all of that, it's down to eight seconds. To put that in context, a goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds. Without the power of sustained attention, we can't have a spiritual life or not much of one,. Or even grown mature into people of love," he says.

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