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The power of attention in a world of distraction

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Problem of Attention Disruption

Nick Carr said in 2008 that the internet was making us dumber. But he didn't mean to say we were more distractible and distracted. People have been worrying about our ability to pay attention for a very long time. The attention discourse, as you put it, is discus way back.

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