Technological distraction--just getting emails and calls--caused a drop in the workers' IQ by an average of ten points. To give you a sense of how big that is: in the short term, that's twice the knock to your IQ that you get when you smoke cannabis. #JohannHari

- January 02, 2026

Technological distraction--just getting emails and calls--caused a drop in the workers' IQ by an average of ten points. To give you a sense of how big that is: in the short term, that's twice the knock to your IQ that you get when you smoke cannabis. #JohannHari
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Technological distraction--just getting emails and calls--caused a drop in the workers' IQ by an average of ten points. To give you a sense of how big that is: in the short term, that's twice the knock to your IQ that you get when you smoke cannabis. #JohannHari

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