The Internet Ruined My Brain: How I Fixed My Focus
Elizabeth Filips Elizabeth Filips
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 Published On Jun 12, 2024

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My attention was a mess - here’s now I improved it.

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Journal by Freud mentioned: https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.d... (if you search for "1905 ANALYSIS OF A CASE OF HYSTERIA I3I” in the text, you’ll get to the part mentioned, sorry it’s not cleaner, it’s the best place I found to share it as open source online!)

To make your life easier:
0:00 Intro
3:23 Explore vs Exploit Attention
15:57 The Roots of Attentional Anxiety
23:51 Saving Attention for Later

WHO AM I: I'm Elizabeth, a medical student, painter and Podcaster in London. I love to think and talk about life, art, medicine, books and meaning. And also how to find the time to do those things. If you'd like to watch me paint and talk about life, I do that on my podcast (   / @feelosophywithelizabethfil6898  ) and if you'd like to read my thoughts and book notes, I have a newsletter you can join (https://go.elizabethfilips.com/newsle....

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