![]() If distraction is doing things we don’t really want to do, its opposite would be traction, the things we DO want to do. Why do we do Things Against our own Best Judgement? So being “Indistractible” will be the key skill we all need in the next century. ![]() In an age of increased automation, the only jobs machines can’t do are the ones that require creative problem solving and the kind of human creativity that only comes from focusing deeply on the task at hand. Researchers tell us that attention and focus are the raw materials of human creativity and flourishing. ![]() Easy for them to say - Socrates and Aristotle never had to resist binge-watching “Silicon Valley”. To the ancient Greeks, mere mortals were prone to distraction due to our weakness of will. ![]() Over 2,000 years ago, Socrates and Aristotle debated the nature of “akrasia,” (pronounced uh-crazy-uh), our tendency to act against our better judgement. Have you ever sat down at your desk to do some important work, but found yourself unable to escape email or Slack long enough to focus on the important task you said you wanted to do? Who is to blame for this distraction crisis? Is tech doing it to us? In this engaging talk from #mtpcon San Francisco, Nir Eyal tackles distraction.ĭistraction might appear more available than ever, but it’s actually nothing new. Not just when we’re walking down the street, but at work, and with our families and friends as well. Is the world more distracting than it used to be? It certainly seems that way. ![]()
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