Disruption - cortisol & adrenaline beneficial for short-term energy & memory but over time impairs cognition & alters neurology
Digital life helps us not go after goals & makes us apathetic
Squaring authentic tasks aside augmented digital variations
By doing "rapid shifting minitasking," we are giving our brains extra work. We aren't multi-tasking!
Fear & distraction go together: "I ought to be doing something else"
Seneca said man's greatest achievements come from seclusion. Modern man goes from one stimulating thing to the next