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Distraction in the age of abundance

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25.12.2025

Every generation believes it has its own struggles, but ours is facing a strange one. We don’t suffer from a lack of opportunity. We suffer from too much of everything at once.

For a long time, we were taught that life’s basic problem was limited resources and unlimited wants. That idea made sense when knowledge was hard to access and chances were few. Today, the opposite feels true. Information is everywhere. Tools are everywhere. Opportunities are everywhere. And yet, something feels missing.

That missing thing is attention

We live in constant noise. Our phones vibrate, screens refresh, and there is always something new demanding our eyes. Even in moments........

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