Why are modern apps and websites so distracting? What steps can we take to avoid distraction and improve concentration and focus? Can we improve business models to produce less addictive tech?
Commercial apps are often built using persuasive technology to increase engagement time and convert users to paying customers. Meditation and mindfulness apps are no exception, but it is ethical (and effective) for these apps to use persuasive tech?
In this series of blog posts, we’ll explore techniques to build your ability to focus. With a special focus on digital habits, we will see how tech can hinder and help us when we need to focus. In the first part of this series, we investigate the basic mechanism of becoming distracted.
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