>Thoughtful article:
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>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia
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>People "...touch, swipe or tap their phone 2,617 times a day" - what's YOUR number?
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>It's been clear to me for a long time that the real battle these days is for what used to be called "eyeball share" but is more accurately called "attention" as in the article. This concept of "everyone is distracted, all of the time" or "continuous partial attention" has major implications.

(my swipe count = 1 - checking for messages from my amazing girlfriend)

Have you ever really watched Jimmy Fallon, or SNL from beginning to end (I've never been able to stomach it)?
Have you every spent a day in the NY Museum of Modern Art - MOMA?
Have you every really listened to rap music?

Lots of total crap out there.

Check out how many people listen to Rush, or Bill O'Reilly daily, or watch Fox News.

Plato figured this out centuries ago - most of the people in this world are looking at shadows cast on a wall and believing those shadows to be reality.

Plato knew the difference and so do some people now.

Take heart.