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I have had the same feeling. I have noticed that my reading has slowed, and I really struggle to get through "long form" reading these days. I really do think
by loco5niner 9y ago
I have had the same feeling. I have noticed that my reading has slowed, and I really struggle to get through "long form" reading these days. I really do think the biggest influences in this are the tldr; aspect of the internet and self-interruption. Thanks for the mindfulness meditation mention, I'll try it out.
* also, what other things have you been reading about distraction besides Cal Newport?
- gdubs 9y agoA few off the top of my head: A book I often recommend is "The Organized Mind", by Dan Levitin. He focuses heavily on the prefrontal cortex – executive function, etc. But the takeaway for me was his analysis of how much it 'costs' the brain to context switch. "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is considered a classic on the subject. An interview that's been on my mind recently is this one from 2013 on multitasking with Stanford Psychology professor Clifford Nass: http://www.npr.org/2013/05/10/182861382/the-myth-of-multitasking http://www.npr.org/2013/05/10/182861382/the-myth-of-multitas...