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‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops (www.dazeddigital.com)
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The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

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[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 15 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is just avoiding the issue of having a short attention span.

And how do you improve your attention span? By not having distractions available to you.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

That sounds like he's just not going to be well adjusted for the modern world where distractions will always be available. You don't get over a love for a drug by making it unavailable, you get over it by having it everywhere, yet refusing it.