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Let's read the book.

Or actually...Are we all part of shortening each other's "concentration"?

Now I've read half of "Stolen Focus," and the content is crushing social media, notifications, and platform mechanisms, which very clearly reflect our lives in this age.

Many people should have experienced events like this...When we were doing the most thoughtful and focused work, suddenly a notice came up. We were just going to press in for a moment, but we realized that we had been sucked for half an hour. When we came back to the work screen, the concentration that had been built was scattered. We had to start gathering again.

The book says that this is not a coincidence, but it is the "persuasion strategy" of major tech companies. They designed everything to keep us on their platform as long as possible, because the longer we stayed, the greater the revenue from their advertising.

Interestingly,..We are an unconscious mechanism of this.

When we post something (including when I post this message), many people's phones bounce notifications to pull them in. When someone presses a like or a comment, my phone bounce notifications to pull me back in. We are constantly pulling each other's attention.

When I read it here, I'll review it myself...Actually, I've been off the phone notifications for about a few years, but I still feel that it's not enough to bring our concentration back to a full hundred. The more you read it, the more you feel that or really, we're being manipulated by these systems deeper than you think.

The book questioned that...Imagine, if these platforms knew everything about us, knew history, knew habits, knew what we liked, to biological data, and processed all that information to convince us and distract us in the direction they wanted, how scary it would be.

But looking at what's happening today, it's almost like that.

The algorithm keeps feeding us all the time. Anyone who likes to suck drama, the feed page will only have drama lined up to eat. Anyone who likes to watch cat clips will only see cats.

If you want to know how true it is...Turn to the friend sitting next to you and open the Facebook feed. Scroll at the same time.

You can see that the world on our screen and that of our friends is made differently to capture each person's particular attention.

Book: Stolen Focus: The World Without Concentration

Page: Let's read the book.

# StolenFocus # World without concentration # Book review # Life Thoughts # Algorithm

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... Read moreจากประสบการณ์ส่วนตัว ผมเชื่อว่าปัญหาสมาธิสั้นในยุคนี้ไม่ได้เกิดจากตัวเราเพียงอย่างเดียว แต่สะท้อนถึงความซับซ้อนของระบบโซเชียลมีเดียที่ออกแบบมาเพื่อ 'ดึงดูด' ให้เราใช้เวลากับหน้าจอนานที่สุดเหมือนที่หนังสือ "Stolen Focus" ได้กล่าวไว้จริงๆ ผมเคยพยายามลดการแจ้งเตือนในโทรศัพท์มือถือเพื่อเพิ่มสมาธิ แต่ก็พบว่ายังมีอิทธิพลจากพฤติกรรมออนไลน์ที่เราทำเอง รวมถึงการที่คนรอบข้างร่วมมีส่วนช่วยกระตุ้นความอยากรู้ อยากเช็คความเคลื่อนไหวบนโซเชียลมีเดียอยู่ตลอดเวลา จนบางทีอาจเพิ่มความยากในการโฟกัสกับงานหรือการอ่านหนังสืออย่างเต็มที่ นอกจากแจ้งเตือนแล้ว อัลกอริทึมของแพลตฟอร์มเองก็เป็นอีกปัจจัยที่กำหนด "สิ่งที่เราจะเห็น" ตามพฤติกรรมและข้อมูลส่วนตัวของเรา ซึ่งบางครั้งได้สร้างฟีดข่าวที่เข้ากับรสนิยมหรืออารมณ์ของเราอย่างหนักแน่น ทำให้แทบหลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้ที่จะจมอยู่กับเนื้อหาเหล่านั้นอย่างไม่รู้ตัว ในฐานะผู้ใช้ ผมคิดว่าการรับรู้และตระหนักถึงกลไกเหล่านี้เป็นขั้นตอนแรกที่สำคัญในการฟื้นฟูสมาธิของตนเอง เช่น การกำหนดเวลาตัดขาดจากโซเชียล การสร้างช่วงเวลาว่างจากหน้าจอ หรือการตั้งเป้าหมายในกิจกรรมที่ต้องใช้สมาธิอย่างจริงจัง สิ่งที่หนังสือ "Stolen Focus" เตือนใจเราคือ โลกยุคดิจิทัลที่เต็มไปด้วยข้อมูลและการแจ้งเตือน อาจเป็นศัตรูที่น่ากลัวของสมาธิ แต่ถ้าเรามีสติและจัดการกับเทคโนโลยีเหล่านั้นอย่างรอบคอบ ก็จะช่วยให้เราควบคุมสมาธิและชีวิตดิจิทัลได้ดีขึ้น ช่วยให้การอ่านหนังสือและการทำงานมีประสิทธิภาพมากขึ้นตามไปด้วย

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