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Distraction Is Just a Manipulation of Human Psychology. You Can Beat It.
Humans made it, humans can beat it
HIV is harmless without human cells.
In order to infect, HIV latches onto a type of white blood cell, infects it, then infuses with it, replicates and eventually releases more HIV into the blood. And those cells it’s destroying in the process? They are the cells that make up your immune system.
There is something strikingly similar between this story and another. The one of invisible distraction. The one of wanting to be a version of yourself and falling to the distractions of the world around you.
We are at war with our cognition
Your brain craves dopamine.
It’s why when you are faced with novelty, extremism and funny stuff you cave instead of working on your essay, side hustle or report. Yes, you have a dream, an idea of the life you want to live and yet time and time again you fall victim to the inevitable. The distractions. Cat videos. Self-help articles. Timmy on Instagram. Distractions are everywhere.
It turns out though, happier people tend to be less distracted. Control over distractions lead to happiness. A study found that less happy workers (is that a word?) are 57% more likely to…
