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Cal Newport on Digital Technology, Distraction and Focus

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

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The Cognitive Impact of Digital Technology

Alex hardold famously before he does his major climbs does a whole month with no social media and essentially no screeds. The stakes are high as well if his mind gets a little bit distracted there's this downside that he dies so i do it's interesting right where you see people start to get serious about the cognitive impact of these devices because they do have to care man all right well we're gonna wrap up here this is a good place to stop and just say look this is a thing the awareness is growing you can't ignore it unless you're one of the people who is literally not using devices but i even if you're not a smartphone user a heavy smartphone user or a heavy

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