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notifications for things he doesn’t want to know. All this frenetic digital interruption is “pulling our attention away from our thoughts,” and “suppressing your default mode network….
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
“Unpacking My Library,”
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
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Technology is most effective when it works seamlessly in the background,
Christopher Bugaj • The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All!
The problem is, maximizing interruptions in the name of business creates a tragedy of the commons, ruining global attention spans and causing billions of unnecessary interruptions each day.
Tristan Harris • How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind—from a Former Insider
When it comes to the latter topic, business thinkers tend to focus on secondary factors, like better leadership or clearer objectives to help stimulate productivity. Little attention is dedicated to the actual mechanics of how work is assigned, executed, and reviewed.
Cal Newport • A World Without Email
set of remarks Postman delivered in 1988 titled "Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change." In it, he explores five insights about technology that every builder and user of technology needs to know:
- All technological change is a trade-off.
- The advantages and disadvantages of new technologies are never distributed evenly among the popula
Postman’s Prophetic Provocations
“cultural technology.” In a 2011 address at Stanford Business School,