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The Battle for Attention, Part 3: Getting Back Our Focus—As a Lifestyle
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis is the third part of the blog series The Battle for Attention. It is based on the ideas in Deep Work by Cal Newport. The explanations, connections, and conclusions are my own.…
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The Battle for Attention, Part 2: Getting Back Our Focus—Actively
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is the second part of the blog series, The Battle for Attention. It builds on the ideas in Indistractable by Nir Eyal. The explanations, connections, and conclusions are my own. In the…
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The Battle for Attention, Part 1: Getting Back Our Focus—Effortlessly
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis article is based on the ideas discussed in the paper: Effortless training of attention and self-control: mechanisms and applications There’s a Japanese concept called Tsundoku—the habit of buying books and letting them…
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Commonplace Books: Borrowing Simple Systems for Organized Thinking from the Ancient Greeks
Reading Time: 5 minutesPicture yourself as an Ancient Greek student named Plotus. You’ve just embarked on your rhetorical education, where you’ll master the art of persuasion—learning how to create and deliver arguments that captivate and convince…
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The Creative Destruction of Writing and Thinking in a New Knowledge Era
Reading Time: 3 minutesWriting is a way of thinking: A process of putting your thoughts into words to make sense of the world and share that understanding with others. Good writing and good thinking are not…
