
Why our attention spans are shrinking, with Gloria Mark, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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Is There a Right to Disconnect Law?
There's starting to be what's called right to disconnect laws, and there's one in France. New York City tried to introduce a right to disconnect law in its city council meeting. People check email on average 77 times a day; if you have this quiet time, at least you can curtail that checking. We might be able to reduce the amount of checking because you know there's no point to check.
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