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#418 - Johann Hari - Why You Can't Pay Attention And Focus

Modern Wisdom

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You Can Only Think About One Thing at a Time

The average ten agen now believes they can follow seven forms of media at the same time. But when you are juggling, it degrades your ability to do any of the things youare doing. The group who was not distracted, not interrupted, scored ten ic points higher than the group that was stoned. So just being chronically interrupted had twice as bad an effect on your ice as getting stoned.

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