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Are you tired of clickbait and the current state of journalism? This community is meant to remind you that excellent journalism still happens. While not sticking to a specific topic, the focus will be on high-quality articles and discussion around their topics.

Politics is allowed, but should not be the main focus of the community.

Submissions should be articles of medium length or longer. As in, it should take you 5 minutes or more to read it. Article series’ would also qualify.

Please either submit an archive link, or include it in your summary.

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Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Iliveonsaturdays to c/longreads

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Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can

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[–] WheeGeetheCat 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whats your schedule like? 3 weeks on 1 week off something like that?

[–] Emergency 5 points 2 years ago

I typically take a bit over a week off every 6 weeks or so. What works well for me is hitting the city library and just forcing myself to get through a couple books. Any hobby is probably good enough.