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I'm starting to think distraction is the root of many problems. There's little hope for most people trying to read an in-depth article on their mobile devices.
by brazzledazzle 10y ago
I'm starting to think distraction is the root of many problems. There's little hope for most people trying to read an in-depth article on their mobile devices. The article about deep work on the front page has made me realize just how long it takes me to take care of the stuff that is severely hampered by distraction.
I think a big hurdle will be removing distractions like chat or noise/interruptions from coworkers without creating problems. It would be nice to just sign off/hide away for extended periods but that's bound to go overly poorly in our collaboration enthusiastic world.
- andyjohnson0 10y agoThe ability to manage distraction is going to be the key skill for the rest of our lives.
- danieldk 10y agoI'm starting to think distraction is the root of many problems. This is one of the two reasons that I subscribed to a dead-trees paper again. It is much easier to read in-depth articles in a newspaper in a format where there are no other distractions. The other reason is that blue light is bad for sleep patterns and reading the newspaper at night has the opposite effect of reading from a smartphone or tablet: it makes me tired (in a good way). Of course, it helps that I am reading a newspaper which is not in my native or second language :).