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Why sustained attention feels impossible in our distracted age

My mind feels like it is constantly switching between a hundred different thoughts and I cannot hold my attention on one thing for more than a few seconds without getting pulled away.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system has adapted to constant stimulation and now experiences sustained focus as unnatural.

Ideas that help explain it
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