{
  "id": 18641172,
  "title": "Mail, WhatsApps, alerts, meetings... why the new work luxury is maintaining concentration for more than an hour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/correos-whatsapps-alertas-reuniones-por-que-el-nuevo-lujo-laboral-es",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-07T04:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais Economia",
    "slug": "el-pais-economia",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/negocios/2026-11-07/correos-whatsapps-alertas-reuniones-por-que-el-nuevo-lujo-laboral-es-mantener-la-concentracion-mas-de-una-hora.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Research by Gloria Mark, a University of California investigator, reveals that the average time a person stays focused on a task before switching to another has decreased from 2.5 minutes to 47 seconds in less than two decades. This decrease in attention span is attributed to constant distractions from technological devices. According to Mark, it takes nearly 24 minutes for the brain to fully abandon a previous activity and focus on a new one. Cal Newport, a Georgetown University professor, proposes four basic rules for integrating deep attention into daily life in his bestseller \"Deep work\". These rules include the monastic, bimodal, rhythmic, and journalistic models.",
  "summary": "Attention has been fragmented by technology. Here are some measures to avoid it and reduce stress",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}