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Why we can't pay attention anymore

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Are There Countervailing Trends That Are Harming Our Attention?

We are all exposed to much less led than people were 30 years ago. The c d c, the senfor disease control, says that the effect that should be having is a boost of three to five ints of every child's i cue,. So that we would expect that effect to significantly boost our attention. There isn't a kind of mulching, calculating machine into which we can put all this. What i do feel very confident of is there ar significant number of trends that are harming our attention. A social movement that deals with those trends will produce a society with better focus. I slightly jokingly say we should call it attention rebellion.

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