Tom Johnson’s struggles to understand what had happened to his focus revealed that smartphones are wrecking our ability to focus. His systematic treatise on how smartphones effect our lives and attention is a worthy read.
Source: I’d Rather be Writing, April 10, 2022. Link.
Every incoming bit of information requires you to make a decision about it, removing you from your present focus . . . carrying a smartphone around all day ensures you’ll interact regularly with it and might be the dumbest decision we’ve ever made.”