How to fix your attention span

Attention has become the currency of the modern internet, and tech companies have become expert at mining it. According to Psyche, the 'distraction economy' is deliberately engineered to fragment our focus—each notification, autoplaying video, and algorithmic suggestion is a small tug on your mental resources. In a new video, commentator Daniel Pink outlines five practical steps to rebuild your attention span in a world designed to shatter it. While the specific techniques require more depth than a summary can convey, the underlying truth is straightforward: reclaiming focus means understanding how distraction works, then building deliberate habits to resist it.

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