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By Vox
August 11, 2021
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Multiple studies have suggested that digital technology is shortening our attention spans and making us more distracted.
What if it's also making us less empathetic, less prone to ethical action? What if it's degrading our capacity for moral attention—the capacity to notice the morally salient features of a given situation so that we can respond appropriately?
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