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How time-saving devices can steal presence

I feel most present when I am washing dishes by hand but I keep loading the dishwasher because it saves time for things that make me feel absent.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Efficiency tools often eliminate the meditative opportunities embedded in simple manual tasks.

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