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Suppressing distraction gets harder with age

Suppressing distraction gets harder with age

Our ability to filter out distractions, not our concentration, diminishes with age. 

As we grow older we get more and more distracted. 

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"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness." - Schopenhauer

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