{"id":2413,"date":"2021-08-07T09:37:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T07:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/07\/at-best-were-on-earth-for-around-4000-weeks-so-why-do-we-lose-so-much-time-to-online-distraction\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T09:37:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T07:37:05","slug":"at-best-were-on-earth-for-around-4000-weeks-so-why-do-we-lose-so-much-time-to-online-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/07\/at-best-were-on-earth-for-around-4000-weeks-so-why-do-we-lose-so-much-time-to-online-distraction\/","title":{"rendered":"At best, we\u2019re on Earth for around 4,000 weeks \u2013 so why do we lose so much time to online distraction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Silicon Valley makes billions by stealing your attention. No wonder it\u2019s so hard to focus\u2026<\/p>\n<p>One Friday in April 2016, as that year\u2019s polarising US presidential race intensified, and more than 30 armed conflicts raged around the globe, approximately 3 million people spent part of their day watching two reporters from BuzzFeed wrap rubber bands around a watermelon. Gradually, over the course of 43 agonising minutes, the pressure ramped up \u2013 the psychological kind and the physical force on the watermelon \u2013 until, at minute 44, the 686th rubber band was applied.<\/p>\n<p>What happened next won\u2019t amaze you: the watermelon exploded, messily. The reporters high-fived, wiped the splatters from their reflective goggles, then ate some of the fruit. The broadcast ended. Earth continued its orbit around the sun.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2021\/aug\/07\/on-earth-4000-weeks-so-why-lose-time-online-distraction-oliver-burkeman\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b7787c9f2b062d8ffa76ea34c1b9c1c15b9d1470\/0_1253_3725_2233\/master\/3725.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f85c8faf4e00c6d52c0f936ad75c7d38\" title=\"At best, we\u2019re on Earth for around 4,000 weeks \u2013 so why do we lose so much time to online distraction?\" \/>Silicon Valley makes billions by stealing your attention. No wonder it\u2019s so hard to focus\u2026<br \/>\nOne Friday in April 2016, as that year\u2019s polarising US presidential race intensified, and more than 30 armed conflicts raged around the globe, approximately 3 million people spent part of their day watching two reporters from BuzzFeed wrap rubber bands around a watermelon. Gradually, over the course of 43 agonising minutes, the pressure ramped up \u2013 the psychological kind and the physical force on the watermelon \u2013 until, at minute 44, the 686th rubber band was applied.<br \/>\nWhat happened next won\u2019t amaze you: the watermelon exploded, messily. The reporters high-fived, wiped the splatters from their reflective goggles, then ate some of the fruit. The broadcast ended. Earth continued its orbit around the sun. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicon Valley makes billions by stealing your attention. No wonder it\u2019s so hard to focus\u2026 One Friday in April 2016, as that year\u2019s polarising US presidential race intensified, and more than 30 armed conflicts raged around the globe, approximately 3 million people spent part of their day watching two reporters from BuzzFeed wrap rubber bands &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/07\/at-best-were-on-earth-for-around-4000-weeks-so-why-do-we-lose-so-much-time-to-online-distraction\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">At best, we\u2019re on Earth for around 4,000 weeks \u2013 so why do we lose so much time to online distraction?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}