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“…it is time to rethink our relationship with our personal technologies. We need to reframe our goal from that of maximizing human productivity with our devices, to instead using them in maintaining a healthy psychological balance, while still achieving our aims.”

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Book:Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

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