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Sam Harris makes a point here that's hard to dismiss: most people can't stay undistracted for 30 seconds. Not because they're lazy — because they've never built the capacity. And that's not a trivial problem. If your emotional state is just a byproduct of whatever thought randomly surfaces next,...

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