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Dr Gloria Mark
@gloriamark.bsky.social
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Author/speaker/researcher on our lives in the digital age. Author of Attention Span (our attention spans on screens average 47 sec.). Chancellor's Professor Emerita at UC Irvine. My Substack is The Future of Attention. https://gloriamark.substack.com
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My interview on Freakonomics is being rebroadcast this week on NPR. You'll learn everything you need to know about attention, multitasking, distractions, improving your focus. It's a really fun interview--you'll laugh a lot.
#attention #technology #focus #technology
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November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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From the industrial revolution to mass consumerism to the digital age--our view of happiness has changed. Read about the history of how pleasure became engineered in the digital age, in my Substack.
#well-being #management #tech #attention

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How our happiness became engineered
From Madison Avenue to TikTok’s algorithm, the long story of manufactured joy
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October 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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We tend to take the path of least resistance. But putting in work to build a new skill can literally rewire our brains to make them more efficient. Read about it in my latest Substack.
#Mind #Neuroscience #Brain #art #tech
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Renewing the brain through learning
Neuroplasticity in the age of screens
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October 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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In a country so deeply divided, we don't realize how simple Internet search can inadvertently strengthen our biases.

In my latest Substack, read more how to increase analytical reasoning in daily life.
#education #technology #Internet #focus #biases

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September 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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My op ed appeared today in The Boston Globe. It highlights how we can so easily become dependent on our devices that we ignore our own body's signals.
#wellbeing #technology #stress #attention #focus
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/19/o...
I bought a sleep-tracking ring. It took over my life. - The Boston Globe
We should avoid letting apps override how we respond to our body’s basic signals — whether we’re hungry, tired, or upset.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The real challenge isn’t whether we use technology, but how we use it.

In my Substack, read how technology habits can lead us to lose touch with ourselves.
#technology #habits #agency #dependency #attention
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How a digital habit can erode self-awareness
Learning to balance technology and self-trust
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September 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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A recent study shows Americans are reading less for pleasure. In this week's Substack, I discuss what happens to our minds when we read less-- It's more than just entertainment.
#psychology #wellbeing #technology #attention #reading
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The decline in reading and what it costs us
Reading gives us far more than entertainment
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August 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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A new study found decreasing rates of cognitive decline and dementia--attributed to technology use. My Substack explains why we shouldn't celebrate so fast.
#technology #health #exercise #dementia #attention #cognition #psychology

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Are we growing sharper with time?
How aging and technology might shape our minds
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August 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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My latest Substack covers why it's so critical to keep our minds stimulated: read about how neurogenesis works.
#Productivity #AI #NeuralNetworks #technology #psychology #neuroscience #brain #wellbeing
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Our brain is shaped by what we feed it
How a TikTok habit rewires our brain
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August 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Dr Gloria Mark
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Read on: www.thesgnl.com/2025/04/cog...

#tech #addiction #wellbeing #futureofwork
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Addled
Why are people’s cognitive skills declining? Gloria Mark on how consumer technology is making us more error-prone, more stressed, and less productive.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Technology's efficiency saves us from mundane and repetitive tasks. Yet too often, we squander that freed-up time.

My latest Substack covers what we can do to reclaim our capacity for deeper thinking.
#management #AI #attention #technology #focus
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The case for depth in an age of convenience
Pushing back on minimal thinking in a post-effort world
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August 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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This week on my Substack, I discuss freedom of attention with Nir Eisikovitz, Director of the Applied Ethics Ctr, UMass, Boston. Is freedom of attention just an illusion?

You can read our discussion here.
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#attention #distraction #technology #psychology #AI
Nir Eisikovits on the freedom of attention
The new literacy is learning to pay attention
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July 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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My op ed in The Boston Globe just came out. You can read about how our future will appear when we fully automate the hospitality industry. A world without a human touch will not be a welcoming world.

#automation #AI #hospitality #loneliness #management

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/03/o...
I hope I haven’t just seen the future of hospitality - The Boston Globe
We checked into a hotel that was completely automated. No humans in sight.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Recently I visited what was meant to be the hotel of the future but it wasn't what I expected. In my Substack, I discuss the dangers of such fully automated experiences.
#technology #AI #automation #wellbeing #Management

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Hospitality without humans
Welcome to the hotel of the future
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June 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Read how you can avoid "leisure time contamination"--when we have mental spillover of stress into those rare moments that are meant to be restful.
#management #productivity #wellbeing #technology #email #stress
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Leisure contamination
Why it’s a struggle to detach in our always-on culture
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June 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Our minds have a strict limit on how much we can process. A recent Cal Tech study discovered exactly what that limit is: 10 bits per second. So don't feel guilty if you can't do it all: we're not wired for it.
#attention #stress #productivity #Tech

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Why we can’t do it all
Our minds remain a bottleneck
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May 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Learn how reading longform content can help build a skill of sustained attention.

You can read more about immersion and the benefits of reading in my Substack.
#attention #distraction #technology #socialmedia #wellbeing
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Resist distraction, discover immersion
Cultivate cognitive patience
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May 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Read how our cognitive skills are declining in my discussion with The Signal.
#attention #distraction #productivity #wellbeing #technology
May 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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My latest Substack presents the research showing how a passion project can do a lot for our mental and physical health. Try it out instead of screen time.
#wellbeing #leisure #stress #project #productivity
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Passion projects can boost well-being
Restore yourself by stepping away from the screen and trying a hobby
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April 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Read my interview with the legendary Don Norman, father of user-interface design, on his new vision of design for humanity. He's one of the most influential voices in computing and design.
#design #HCI #computing #technology #interface #climatechange
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Don Norman, on the future of design and the fate of the planet
A vision for humanity-centered design
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April 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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AI's vision is to free up cognitive resources to be more productive. But research shows this isn't the case. Critical thinking worsens.
Learn more in my latest Substack, "Outsourcing our minds."
#AI #productivity #management #tech #creativity #wellbring

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Outsourcing our minds
The cognitive cost of generative AI
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April 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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A recent study suggests that it's not smartphones that distract us, but something more unsettling: it's us.

Read more in my latest Substack.
#attention #distraction #smartphone #productivity #wellbeing

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Distraction isn’t about the smartphone. It’s about us.
Learned distraction can be unlearned
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April 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Had a fantastic conversation with host Sana Qadar on ABC's All In The Mind show on why we can't focus in today's digital age, and how we can build a skill of paying attention.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

#smartphone #attention #distraction #productivity #focus #wellbeing
Fighting for focus in the age of distraction - ABC listen
Be honest, how many times have you checked your notifications in the last hour? Or opened a new, totally unrelated tab? Or stopped what you're doing even though you really need to do it? Distractions...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The 2025 World Happiness Report finds sharing meals is a key predictor of happiness. And BTW, the U.S. ranks 69th globally in dining w/others.
#smartphone #wellbeing #happiness #loneliness
Check out my Substack to read more:
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Eating alone in the age of connection
Invite people and not a smartphone to be your dining guest
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April 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Synthetic companions are gaining popularity, with an estimated 52 million users. Is this a passing flirtation or societal shift? Read more in my latest Substack.
#AI #attention #relationship #tech #wellbeing

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The rise of synthetic companions
Will AI become our closest confidants?
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March 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM