You Don’t Have To Pay Attention

Like every other human looking at digital screens, I am pre-disposed to get swamped in the stream of headlines and images. The UX people and product managers are engineering the experience to make me want to click or tap or swipe. It’s easy to get into the flow and just go with it and then you realize, 10 minutes later, you’ve been wasting time. I know that, but my way of fighting back is to ask myself, before I click or tap or swipe, “Is this really what I should be spending my time on right now?” It’s a small step, a little guardrail.

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