Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
On average, we’re hit with over 100 notifications and we switch tasks around 1000 times a day. Even a single notification can distract us for up to 30 minutes.
All this hurts our focus, our capacity for deep thinking, and it makes us more stressed than we need to be. In fact, even the mere presence of a smartphone — anyone’s smartphone, not necessarily our own — can make it harder to concentrate.
Ramsøy calls for technology that supports our wellbeing, and has put it to the test in a study comparing work on reMarkable with work on a computer.
And to learn more about reMarkable’s Scientific Advisory Board, visit: remarkable.com/scientific-advisory-board
On average, we’re hit with over 100 notifications and we switch tasks around 1000 times a day. Even a single notification can distract us for up to 30 minutes.
All this hurts our focus, our capacity for deep thinking, and it makes us more stressed than we need to be. In fact, even the mere presence of a smartphone — anyone’s smartphone, not necessarily our own — can make it harder to concentrate.
Ramsøy calls for technology that supports our wellbeing, and has put it to the test in a study comparing work on reMarkable with work on a computer.
And to learn more about reMarkable’s Scientific Advisory Board, visit: remarkable.com/scientific-advisory-board
