"Put differently, the motivation for engaging in distractions has become much higher while the motivation for work has stayed more or less the same. The result?

"Put differently, the motivation for engaging in distractions has become much higher while the motivation for work has stayed more or less the same. The result? Procrastination." Is skipping over the fact that the industry of knowledge workers has grown exponentially. You're much less likely to procrastinate in manual work, especially in a group.