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A terrible way to extract value from human neurons

A terrible way to extract value from human neurons

According to data gathered by the time-tracking software RescueTime

  • Half of the users check communication applications like email or Slack every six minutes or less.
  • The most common average checking time was once every minute.
  • For half the users studied, the longest unbroken period of work was no more than forty minutes, with the most typical longest time being only twenty minutes.
  • More than two-thirds of users never experienced an hour without an interruption.
  • For business users, the average email volume was 126 messages per day.

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