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How phone addiction affects deep reading

I cannot read books anymore without checking my phone every few pages and I feel like I am losing my ability to think deeply.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital fragmentation patterns retrain the mind away from sustained contemplative attention.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Buddhist contemplative computing?”

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