Too many notifications for modern workers reduces IQ

Summary

• We face hundreds of notifications in a normal day
• One study attributed constant notifications to a temporary 10-point drop in the IQ of the studys participants

Details

• The average employee receives over 300 emails in a week, checks their email 36 times an hour and takes up to 16 min to refocus after handling the new message

References

• Deep work - Cal Newport
• Think for Yourself - Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence - Vikram Mansharamani

Related

• A World Without Email-Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload - Cal Newport
• Information can be a distraction - Barack Obama