That moment turned out to be the start of a journey that transformed how I think about attention. I felt my attention growing and improving with every day that passed, but then, one day, I experienced an abrupt setback. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesI realised that to heal my attention, it was not enough simply to strip out distractions. But within a few months, my screen time was back to four hours a day, and my attention was fraying and breaking again. There are alternative ways these sites could work – ones that would heal our attention instead of hacking it.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2022 19:11 UTC