🔬 Science Jun 4, 2026 · David Epstein

The trick that offloads intrusive thoughts so your brain can actually work

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We treat focus as something you’re either engaging in, or opting out of, but what if the truth points to focus as being something you’ve been trained out of by our attention economy?
David Epstein, author of Range and Inside the Box, breaks down what’s actually happening inside the brain when we multitask, and why “just focusing” is a solution that doesn’t hold up to reality.
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