You didn’t lose focus. It was taken. Hijacked. Sold to the highest bidder. Your phone, your feed, your every pause filled by a system designed to keep you scrolling, craving, consuming.
Boredom was a gateway to self. But they made it feel like failure. Made silence unbearable. Attention became the new oil—and you were the well.
This isn’t a lack of discipline. It’s deliberate design. The apps aren’t broken—they work exactly as intended. Hijack your dopamine. Hijack your identity. Hijack your quiet.
System At A Glance:
Exploit: Dopamine Loops
Weaponised: Infinite Scroll, Push Alerts, FOMO
Cost: Focus, Presence, Peace