The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world

"It is difficult to imagine life before our personal and professional worlds were so dominated and 'switched on' via smartphones and the other devices that make us accessible and, crucially, so easily distractible and interruptible every second of the day. This constant fragmentation of our time and concentration has become the new normal, to which we have adapted with ease, but there is a downside: more and more experts are telling us that these interruptions and distractions have eroded our ability to concentrate ..." (read more)