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#418 - Johann Hari - Why You Can't Pay Attention And Focus
Modern Wisdom
Why We're Living in a Perfect Storm of Cognitive Degradation
On average, three minutes and 30 seconds for people that are in a work place environment. 65 seconds for a uni student. The average ceo 14 500 company only gets 26 uninterrupted minutes a day. We're living in a perfect storm of cognitive degradation as a result of this constant interruption. I remember interving professor barbara demini, who's one of the leading scientists in france. She won the legen donner, which is the biggest civilian award you can get in France. And heard you saying, whal, there's no way you could have a normal brain to day. And thinking, fark. This is, you know. But so that can feel when
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