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Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

From Delight to Dread: How Phones Became Modern Torture

Unpredictable intermittent phone notifications act like the worst laboratory torture, turning joyful phone rings into anxiety-inducing, attention-demanding interruptions.
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

One Resolution Is Enough: 'I'll Be the Tortoise'

We're curled up on the couch at the end of another long day, finally getting a little refuge from the relentless busyness of modern life. Then, the smartphone lights up, announcing itself yet again, calling us back to the churn. Our phone has already buzzed, dinged, and flashed red dots 150 times today, the North American average (Stern, 2013). Each interruption has carved away a sliver of our time; each glow has pulled us into a digital world.
Digital life
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