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I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this crisis in paying attention has taken place at the same time as the worst crisis of democracy since the 1930s. People who can’t focus will be more drawn to simplistic authoritarian solutions– and less likely to see clearly when they fail.

— Johann Hari Stolen Focus (2022)

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At the moment false claims spread on social media far faster than the truth, because of the algorithms that spread outraging material faster and further.

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For the average American, it’s three hours and fifteen minutes. We touch our phones 2,617 times every twenty- four hours.

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The truth emerging from this scattered picture of nuclear proliferation is simple: there is a stronger chance of a nuclear bomb being used now than at almost any point in the Cold War.

around one in five car accidents is now due to a distracted driver.

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The greatest trick the rich — and their cheerleaders on the right — ever pulled was convincing the world that class didn’t exist. Out here in the real world, it is more real and more rigid than it has been for a century.

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