Anxiety Games: For When a Little Distraction Is Good—or Even Necessary
There’s a lot of comfort to be found in virtual worlds.
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Smartwatches Do Almost Everything—Except Make You Drive Better
One California lawyer thinks that the tech companies that make them should spend a whole lot of money reminding drivers of that fact.
The Apple Watch’s Distraction Problem
Distraction is a necessary method for dealing with the competing stimuli of everyday life. But only the right kind of distraction, which Apple’s newest product fails to provide.
Even Just the Presence of a Smartphone Lowers the Quality of In-Person Conversations
New research finds having a mobile device within easy reach divides your attention, even if you're not actively looking at it.
Patience in the Age of Distraction
The meaning of patience has changed over time, but that hasn't made it any easier to practice.