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#interrupted — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Day 4: It seems that the mere presence of a random silent smartphone around you makes you perform worse on attention tasks. This was tested empirically, of course, but anecdotally, I can confirm my eyes wander and my hand involuntarily reaches for my phone whenever I keep it on my desk. It really takes a lot of self-control not to pick it up and check some random app, just to feel I’ve done something.

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