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Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity | Journal of the Association for Consumer Research: Vol 2, No 2 Abstract Our smartphones enable—and encourage—constant connection to information, entertainment, and each other. They put the world at our fingertips, and rarely leave our sides. Although these device...

"Results from two experiments indicate that even when people are successful at maintaining sustained attention—as when avoiding the temptation to check their phones—the mere presence of these devices reduces available cognitive capacity. "

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

AI thanks.

Hey Schnitzel, we are still waiting for that takeover. Maybe you can bring the weekend schmooze here sometime.

Senators call for investigation into BCI privacy In a letter to the FTC, three Democratic senators called for privacy standards for brain computer interface technology.

welp, here's a new thing to worry about when it comes to digital privacy

"BCI (Brain Computer Interface) devices designed for a nonmedical purpose, such as devices to help people focus while meditating, are not subject to federal privacy laws or FDA standards."

www.medtechdive.com/news/senator...

this tells me we haven't made Chesterton's Fence a well known enough concept yet