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by blinkingled 1465 days ago
> computers and in particular phones and tablets have partially destroyed my attention span

Right on. That and the constant, never ending polling for information that comes with it leaves you with no downtime and a very worn out feeling. We need downtime throughout the day - pick up a task, do it, put it down and do nothing for a while before switching to another. Without that you can't focus and that leads to irritation which makes things worse.