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Johann Hari - Why You Can't Pay Attention

The Imperfects

CHAPTER

The Ups and Downs of Getting Off Your Phone

I've always prided myself on the fact that I don't get addicted to things, but my mobile phone is the first thing that I have realized that I'm genuinely addicted to. So it was quite an amazing, like three, four weeks where I was in holiday mode. The degree to which my attention improved and healed quite rapidly, absolutely kind of stunned me. It's how clever they are or evil they are in making it a tool that you, you need for so many things. That's what I found really, challenging on top of the addiction itself.

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