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When notifications interrupt life-or-death focus

I am a surgeon and started wearing my Apple Watch during operations and now I get distracted by text messages while trying to save lives and I cannot seem to take it off.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital connectivity has become so compulsive that it intrudes even into contexts where complete attention is literally a matter of life and death.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and human identity — who are we with our tools??”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.