People say phones shortened our attention spans.
I think they did something worse.
They taught us to expect constant rewards.Every swipe might reveal something new. Every notification might matter. Every refresh might deliver a hit of novelty.
Then we look at real life.
Learning takes months. Businesses take years. Trust takes decades.
Compared to the slot machine in our pocket, reality feels painfully slow.
Not because reality is boring but because our expectations have been distorted.
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