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The World of Devices is Taking Control, Needs to Be Fed

The constant barrage of content and data that people simply have to have is rewiring the brain, according to many scientists and researchers. Being constantly on, constantly in touch is leading to increasingly shorter attention spans and a decline in analytical thinking/reasoning. Read More »


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