How to Take Back the Control We Have Almost Lost
Deep work is the practice of limiting distractions and diving into a project or work-related activity with all efforts pointed towards that certain project (Newport, 2016). In society today, people are having difficulty concentrating on anything for longer than a few minutes due to our smartphone usage. The Technological Age has drastically changed our working models, and in turn, people are accomplishing less in the normal workday.
Cal Newport dives into the practice of deep work and how the attention resistance could be the best step forward for people who are tired of being distracted all the time. The time has come for people to try to keep up with machines. “As intelligent machines improve, and the gap between machine and human abilities shrinks, employers are becoming increasingly likely to hire “new machines” instead of “new people,” (Newport, 23). Due to an unprecedented growth in the economy and technological world, restructuring is occurring. With this restructuring comes a divide among people in the “Intelligent Machine Age” – the high-skilled workers, the superstars and the owners (Newport, 2016).
MAGGIE PRUITT 