The average person checks their device 150 times per day.
A single notification can derail your focus for 23 minutes.
The average person checks their email 74 times a day.
The average person switches tasks 566 times per day.
10 years ago we shifted our attention at work every 3 minutes, today we do it every 45 seconds.
Apps are being designed to deliberately "hook" users, effectively "breaking" the mechanisms in our brains used to indicate that we've had enough of something.
We do our best and most original thinking when we're bored.
Resources
TED Talk | How Boredom Can Lead to Your Most Brilliant Ideas | Manoush Zomorodi