SMARTPHONES ARE SMARTER THAN EVER — BUT ARE THEY HURTING YOUR FOCUS?
ODERN SMARTPHONES ARE TECHNOLOGICAL POWERHOUSES.
They use artificial intelligence, biometric security, predictive algorithms, and advanced sensors—all packed into a device that fits in your pocket. But as phones get smarter, many users feel less focused, more distracted, and constantly overwhelmed.
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HOW I FINALLY TOOK CONTROL OF MY ITUNES LIBRARY
F YOU'VE BEEN HOARDING MUSIC FOR YEARS, you know how messy iTunes can get. My external hard drive has over 20,000 tracks—a mix of CDs I ripped ages ago and online purchases. But only a fraction of those tracks ever made it into iTunes, along with some new ones I bought directly from the iTunes Store. And what a mess it all was! Duplicates, weirdly named songs, low-res album covers, messy metadata—opening iTunes felt more like a chore than a joy. So I decided to do the unthinkable: delete everything in iTunes and start fresh.
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CTRL+Z DOESN'T WORK IRL — AND THAT'S OK
ATELY, I'VE NOTICED A FUNNY HABIT: whenever I make a mistake in the real world, my brain immediately reaches for Ctrl+Z. Spill a drink? Ctrl+Z. Say something awkward? Ctrl+Z. Knock over a pen? Ctrl+Z. It's a reflex I never had as a kid but somehow developed from years of working on a laptop. The digital world trains us to think in terms of undo, redo, and perfect control. Mistakes are reversible with a keystroke, and our brains start to expect the same flexibility outside the screen.
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F YOU'VE BEEN HOARDING MUSIC FOR YEARS, you know how messy iTunes can get. My external hard drive has over 20,000 tracks—a mix of CDs I ripped ages ago and online purchases. But only a fraction of those tracks ever made it into iTunes, along with some new ones I bought directly from the iTunes Store. And what a mess it all was! Duplicates, weirdly named songs, low-res album covers, messy metadata—opening iTunes felt more like a chore than a joy. So I decided to do the unthinkable: delete everything in iTunes and start fresh.MORE ▶
ATELY, I'VE NOTICED A FUNNY HABIT: whenever I make a mistake in the real world, my brain immediately reaches for Ctrl+Z. Spill a drink? Ctrl+Z. Say something awkward? Ctrl+Z. Knock over a pen? Ctrl+Z. It's a reflex I never had as a kid but somehow developed from years of working on a laptop. The digital world trains us to think in terms of undo, redo, and perfect control. Mistakes are reversible with a keystroke, and our brains start to expect the same flexibility outside the screen.MORE ▶