Noah asked Nir Eyal:

Is there an inevitable dichotomy between focus and distraction? Why?

Nir Eyal Many people believe "focus" and "distraction" are the opposite of one another. But really the opposite of "distraction" is not "focus", it's "traction." My view is simple: we can’t call something a distraction unless we know what it is distracting us from. In other words, a distraction can be anything that pulls you away from what you planned to do with intent--even if what you meant to focus on was watching television or scrolling social media. Not everything is a distraction--or as I’ve said in the book, the time you plan to waste is not wasted time.

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