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Why we check for emergencies that never come

I scheduled focus time in my calendar but I still check Slack every few minutes just in case something urgent came up and nothing ever has.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The anticipation of urgency creates a state of perpetual partial attention even when urgency is absent.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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