How to defend your attention and find a flow state

Web: https://stackoverflow.blog/podcast/ Audio: https://chrt.fm/track/G8F1AF/cdn.simplecast.com/audio/6fa1d34c-502b-4abf-bd82-483804006e0b/episodes/19b5c250-5540-4556-b436-77615b5be9ea/audio/ee1f7c56-cbc0-4ece-9864-46e17879bc1f/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=XA_851k3

The inspiration for today's episode was a terrific article from The Guardian about the many ways in which the modern world, specifically the software we use every day, was designed to steal our attention. 

During the episode, we discuss Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a professor know as the "father of flow" for his  pioneering research on flow states. Sadly, Prof. Csikszentmihalyi passed away in 2021, but you can find a terrific  tribute to him and his work here.

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