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The power of attention in a world of distraction

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Why the Hell Do We Keep Doing It to Ourself?

"I think my fellow human being deserves my attention right when they're right in front of me," he says. "We could close the laptop, go out and look people in the eyes and engage with other human beings much more than we do." We are choosing to do things that are anathema to what we most fundamentally want, David Frum writes.

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