
Stolen Focus
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When Attention Breaks Down, Problem Solving Also Breaks Through
A study said that it takes an average of 23 minutes to actually get back to that state of focus. So as a species, we're facing a whole new slew of unprecedented tripwires and trapdoors for us trying to achieve our goals. And unlike previous generations, we're not really rising above to meet the biggest challenge that the world's facing right now. When attention breaks down, problem solving also breaks down. That's a clever evolutionary trait of distractions. You can't get rid of them because they've eroded any possibility of us solving the problem.
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