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Dec 2020
30m 41s

Tactics, tools and technologies

The Economist Intelligence Unit
About this episode
The role of technology in life and work has grown immensely in the midst of the pandemic. In our final episode, we speak with Dr Gloria Mark, professor of informatics at the University of California, about the strategies that people can take to remain focused and try to increase attention spans that are coming under strain in this new environment.

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