Automatically translated from Basque, translation may contain errors. More information here. Elhuyarren itzultzaile automatikoaren logoa

Why are we not able to keep attention?

  • 80% of workers do not last for an hour without losing their attention and 20% are distracted every ten minutes. The lack of concentration is not only the fault of mobiles and the multitude of technological stimuli, but also of food, pollution and the basis of our lifestyle.
Etengabeko estimuluetara ohituta gaude, ez alferrik eduki motz batetik bestera gure arreta berenganatzeko diseinatuta daude aplikazio ugari. Argazkiak: Freepik

28 August 2024 - 06:40
Last updated: 15:38

The results of a study published this summer with 1,200 workers reflect the current reality: the loss of ability to concentrate for a long time on a single action. Great tasks and apprenticeships require a great deal of time and attention, and if we do not have the ability to maintain attention, we also lose the ability to achieve great challenges and goals. In fact, the brain is prepared to think about one thing, but we think we're able to do between six and seven things at a time, or to combine what we're doing with other interactions, the brain has to juggle from one side to the other, and at the end of the day we do those tasks worse, we don't hold them or memorize them properly, it's worse for creativity and we end up getting more tired (and more angry). Interview with experts on the topic Up and collect the conclusions in a book: The value of care.

The need to grasp everything and to respond to all the calls and messages that come to us, to interrupt what we're doing, leads to cognitive degradation, affects our brain. The reason for these interruptions is the mobile phone often, as we are used to continuous stimuli, many social networks and technological applications are designed to attract our attention from one short content to another. Furthermore, if messages are received, we often feel obliged to respond instantly, as it seems that we have to be in a position to respond for twenty-four hours. Fortunately, the right to digital disconnection is gradually being regulated in more territories.

The need to address everything and to respond to all the calls and messages that come to us, to interrupt what we're doing, leads to cognitive degradation, affects our brain.

Rest is important and fatigue also affects attention, stress does not help concentration, it is like living in an alert situation, in which pollution and food have an effect, says the writer. Having breakfast sugary cereals, for example, fill the brain with glucose and at the time (when school starts) all the energy and glucose is lost; the influence of processed foods on the ability to concentrate…

The author makes proposals for recovery of care (limiting mobile use or eliminating applications such as immediate change in care), but makes it clear that there is a whole system in the opposite direction, against our capacity for concentration (technological industry that promotes dependency, food industry, philosophy in workplaces, polluting companies…).

Hate Algorithm

The author makes a curious reflection in the interview of El Secreto. We know that mobile algorithms and apps and social media are designed to get us glued to the screen, and what happens is that the unpleasant things that scare us or get us angry are what the algorithms of today most offer us. In other words, current algorithms incite hatred. On a larger scale, the writer says that this practice is dominating society and politics, that the megaphone is given to people who promote hatred and those who want to ignite fire, and that's why we live in part the sociopolitical landscape that we have.

It's easier than pleasant things that frighten or enrage our attention, so today's algorithms give us it mostly.

 


You are interested in the channel: Gizartea
2025-04-11 | ARGIA
Lekeitioko musika bandaren zuzendariak jazarpen salaketak jaso ditu

Lekeitioko Udalak jakinarazi du bandako zuzendariak tratu txarrak eman izana jaso dutela, hainbat testigantzaren bidez. Udalak azaldu du, Eusko Jaurlaritzaren aholkuak jarraituta, hainbat pauso eman dituztela, besteak beste, zuzendariarekin hitz egin, eta testigantzak jaso... [+]


Italiar sukaldaritza ez da existitzen

Florentzia, 1886. Carlo Collodi Le avventure de Pinocchio eleberri ezagunaren egileak zera idatzi zuen pizzari buruz: “Labean txigortutako ogi orea, gainean eskura dagoen edozer gauzaz egindako saltsa duena”. Pizza hark “zikinkeria konplexu tankera” zuela... [+]


Salaketa jarriko du Ertzaintzaren tiro baten ondorioz barrabila galdu zuen gizonak

Ospitaletik irten eta berehala prentsaurrekoa eman du Iker Aranak, Errekaldeko gaztetxearen aurrean. Gaztetxearen desalojoan ertzainek "neurrigabeko indarkeria" erabili zutela salatu du, eta salaketa hurrengo egunetan aurkeztuko du.


2025-04-11 | El Salto-Hordago
“Conflict and Abuse Are Not the Same” to Address Feminist Debates
Katakrake brings Laura Macaya’s book to Basque. It has been translated by Amaia Astobiza with the aim of opening debates within feminism and approaching it from other perspectives.

Gaueko beldurrak sarean lantzen

Eneko Mendiluze Plaza psikologoak gaueko beldurren inguruko zenbait gako eman ditu. Nabarmendu du guraso bakoitzak ikusi behar duela zer datorkion hobeto umeari.


2025-04-11 | ARGIA
Thirteen attacks are reported in three schools in Uztariz, Domezai and Anglet
Eleven attacks occurred in the Catholic school of St. Frances Xavier in Uztaritz, the other two in the Catholic school of Dominxin and the public school of St. Joseph in Anglet. Five men who had studied at the Ciboure school had given their testimonies before the court.

Negotiation: The Reason for Crying

Public education teachers have the need and the right to update and improve the work agreement that has not been renewed in fifteen years. For this, we should be immersed in a real negotiation, but the reality is deplorable. In a negotiation, the agreement of all parties must be... [+]


2025-04-10 | ARGIA
Five more days of strikes by teachers of public education in the Basque Country
The unions Steilas, ELA, LAB and CCOO announce the third cycle of strikes between May 12 and 16 in favor of strengthening public education. They explain that the final proposal transmitted by the Department of Education does not provide an adequate response to their demands.

They don't want more hours of English
In Sarrigu, families from D-PAI model schools in Tafalla, Noain, Lokintxuri and Gares will go out to the streets to denounce the Department of Education’s intention to increase the hours of English by provincial law. It seems to them that this is a decision contrary to the... [+]

2025-04-10 | ARGIA
Unions accuse the government of Navarre of “boycotting” the negotiations in a public service strike
In the civil service in Navarre, 30,000 workers were called to strike on Wednesday. The call has had a different follow-up depending on the sector, and the unions denounce that the foral government has intentionally established minimum "abusive" services.

2025-04-10 | Euskal Irratiak
By Maider Hoki and Ilora Capot
"We all need freedom, and Bekat'uros the other offers it"
Bekat’uros LGBTQIA+ will spend the third year in Atharraz. On April 12, the Prefosta Association organizes a full day program with the surroundings of the olfactory streets, concerts and spectacular events.

The National Court will monitor Ernai’s act
The court has taken its decision in response to a complaint lodged by the UPN. The “Kurdistan and Basque Country political prisoners” event, organized on April 17 in Berriozar within the framework of the youth meeting, is what the UPN has tried to cancel on the grounds that... [+]

Gorputz hotsak
“Niretzat klabea izan da familiak eta inguruak ez tratatzea gaixo moduan”

Indartsua, irribarretsua eta oso langilea. Helburu pila bat ditu esku artean, eta ideia bat okurritzen zaionean buru-belarri aritzen da horretan. Horiek dira Ainhoa Jungitu (Urduña, Bizkaia, 1998) deskribatzen duten zenbait ezaugarri. 2023an esklerosi anizkoitza... [+]


Eguneraketa berriak daude