Omar Zenhom argues that heavy digital use trains your brain to be distracted. A Stanford study found multitaskers perform worse on attention tests, and research in JAMA linked high media consumption to ADHD-like symptoms in young adults.
You can actually develop attention problems simply by living a distracted life. There's a landmark study done by Stanford, and it found that heavy digital multitaskers perform worse on attention tests. They literally became distraction prone over time. Another study by the Journal of the American Medical association followed thousands of young adults and they found that when they were consuming a lot of digital media, it led to an increase of ADHD like symptoms, even in people with no prior diagnosis. This is why so many people feel like they have ADHD today, because their habits are creating ADHD like patterns. And this is also why being someone who can focus instantly places you ahead of almost everyone else.
