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Work August 31, 2018

On phones, open plan, distractions and focus

The Economist’s Bartleby column on human behaviour in the face  of relentless “on-ness”:

In the face of 24-hour communication, we rebel in our own quiet way. We put personal communication first, and we reply in our own sweet time.

 

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