The value of unplugging, in the age of ultimate distraction
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2015-07-11
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John Rennie Short, The value of unplugging, in the age of ultimate distraction, https://qz.com/447340/the-value-of-unplugging-in-the-age-of-ultimate-distraction/
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Abstract
A common experience: you are walking down the street and someone is walking in the opposite direction toward you. You see him but he does not see you. He is texting or looking at his cellphone. He is distracted, trying to do two things at the same time, walking and communicating.