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When hyperlinked information destroys linear thinking

Every time I try to read a long article online I get distracted by links and tabs, and I realize I've lost the ability to follow one train of thought for more than a few minutes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The interconnected structure of digital information has rewired attention patterns in ways that impede deep, sequential reasoning.

Ideas that help explain it
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