Every generation believes it is uniquely distracted. What is different now is that distraction has been built into the infrastructure of ordinary life.

每一代人都觉得，自己这一代格外容易分心。真正不同的是，今天的分心已经被写进日常生活的基础设施。

A device does not merely wait to be used; it makes a continuous case for why it deserves to be used next.

设备不再只是静候调用；它会持续游说你：下一刻，理应把时间交给它。

These systems convert somebody else's urgency into your default setting.

这些系统会把别人的紧迫，悄悄改写成你的默认状态。

The point is not to eliminate distraction, but to stop treating concentration as a private battle fought against public machinery.

目的不是消灭分心，而是别再让个人独自对抗整套公共机器，只为换取片刻专注。