Pamela Paul: The Real Distraction is Us

With everyone sprinting along, it’s hard to remember that sitting down properly was once considered a virtue. According to a new biography of Queen Elizabeth, as a child the princess was forced to sit for hours on end, unable to go to the loo; if she didn’t fidget, she got a cookie.

Cultural doomsayers once feared that people would be hopelessly entranced by the soft glow of the computer screen. Turns out, the real distraction is us.


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