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How short-form content fragments long-term thinking

I feel like I am living my life in fifteen-second increments and I cannot remember the last time I had a thought that lasted longer than a notification cycle.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sustained reflection requires periods of mental continuity that are increasingly rare in digital environments.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Shallow work and the attention economy?”

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