I try to hold people's attention for a living. For more than 13 years, I've been hosting a cable news show, and when I'm not doing that, I spend a lot of...
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Distraction is claimed to be the underlying cognitive crisis of the digital age, and there is clearly a lot of very real, and justifiable, concern for younger...
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A lot of songs on my playlist come from hearing them on the radio, while I'm out shopping or on social media platforms. Back in 2017, on the long-gone...
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Recently, this post went super viral on Twitter, and users had a lot to say in response: i miss having a sharper brain. idk how to fix it. my attention span...
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The way the Ragdoll cat in the Instagram video below is shamelessly begging for attention from his Samoyed sibling.
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Revisiting a collection of 23 index cards, bound by a paper clip, the product of a Hail Mary lesson plan slapped together while sitting in my car after 11...
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I have been a fan of Tres Nopales since it opened in Downtown Urbana. For those who have not been there, be warned that the door under their sign is always...
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A senior UN humanitarian official on Thursday issued an urgent plea for international support to alleviate the devastating toll of the ongoing war in Sudan.
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Attention to information plays a key role in recent macroeconomic analysis, yet measuring it is a challenging endeavor, most notably in terms of covering...
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