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When he pointed out that “doing X makes it hard to concentrate on the work,” I thought, “I see.
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But it implicitly assumes that focusing is a good thing. What is the rationale?
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Personally, I feel like focusing is a good thing, but I have no arguments to convince myself of that.
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Personally, I enjoy being focused.
- There are situations that are pleasurable through concentration.
- It doesn’t always happen.
- Impaired ability to control attention due to ADHD-like factors
- Too Focused｜Developmental Disabilities Project
- Dopamine, which is responsible for pleasure, is involved.
- Drug addiction-like condition
- The fact that the person is aware of it is pleasant is not a basis for it being a good thing.
- Because drug use is affirmed.
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There is an economic rationale for high performance through concentration.
- But if high performance can be achieved without concentration, it is not an argument for concentration being good.
- Misallocation of time is frequent due to concentration.
- Pomodoro timer and other mechanisms to force the user to break concentration.
- Beneficial for maintaining a balanced time allocation
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