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When focus apps create new forms of failure

I downloaded a forest app that plants virtual trees when I focus but I keep killing my digital forest by picking up my phone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Gamifying attention can transform natural mind-wandering into moral judgment and self-criticism.

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