Why individual attempts to improve concentration don’t quite work 02.09.2022

Deutsche Welle | Sep 2, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • Designed to constantly stimulate the brain, social media algorithms aim to hook people up to short, flashing content for hours, making it difficult to sustain deep attention on less entertaining tasks.
  • Since 2013, the CHT has campaigned for small changes such as dispelling with features like notifications, as well as lobbying for more strict regulations on big tech use of personal data to profit from the time people spend on their platforms.