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Andrew Huberman just explained why your brain won't focus — and it's not ADHD, it's sensory overload from the device in your hand. In this 4:52 clip he lays out Jenny Groh's breakthrough insight: Thoughts aren't random. They start with one tiny seed (a word, image, memory) and then...

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