The world is Always-on, Perma-Available, incessantly distracted. It's Time to fight back! In this lesson you'll learn how to protect your attention by eliminating 21st century brain melt, annihilate distraction & interruption, and optimise your technology for flow.
1. Self Control
SelfControl is a free and open-source application for macOS that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet.
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Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform - Edward Hallowell
Costs of a predictable switch between simple cognitive tasks.
Measuring the effects of interruptions on task performance in the user interface
Taking Control of Your Distracted Mind | by Adam Gazzaley MD, PhD | Thrive Global
Peter Diamandis | The Future Is Faster Than You Think | Global Summit 2018 | Singularity University
The Distracted Mind - 19th Distinguished Lecture on Brain, Learning and Memory - Dr. Adam Gazzaley
Flow experience and the mobilization of attentional resources
TEDxSanJoseCA - Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD - Brain: Memory and Multitasking
"Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life” by Nir Eyal, Julie Li
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
Drawn to distraction: A qualitative study of off-task use of educational technology