The Effects of Social Media on Attention

We are all losing that 20% brainpower, because of this constant culture of distraction. Another way in which social media invades our attention is what I would call the fracking effect. The Facebook algorithm knows if you want to keep your hand scrolling, that's what we do. And the fourth way Invades your attention is that it makes you angry. There's all sorts of reasons why that we can talk about and degrade your attention.

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