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Too many digital distractions are eroding our ability to read deeply

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The Effects of Digital Technologies on Attention

Kai Lukoff is an assistant professor at Santa Clara University in computer science and engineering. He has looked at how apps try to catch people's attention by using a technique referred to as foot in the door. Companies use clever design choices and mechanisms to capture users' attention, he says. For every thousand or more engineers who are intentionally designing these services, there are thousands of other designers on the other side of the screen.

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