Today, we face an enemy more insidious and pervasive than any army Sun Tzu ever confronted. It is an enemy that attacks not with swords and spears, but with pings and notifications. It lays siege to our minds, not our cities. This enemy is distraction. We live in an age of unprecedented noise, a constant blizzard of information that threatens to scatter our attention and leave us feeling busy but unproductive, connected but not present.

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