Attention Stealing Machines

Are we so reliant on smartphones that they will ultimately change how our memories work (sometimes called digital amnesia)?

Apps that make money by taking our attention are designed to interrupt us.

Smartphone use can even change the brain.

Cortical thinning is a normal part of growing up and then ageing, and in much later life can be associated with degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, as well as migraines.