I’ve written about the convergence of technology in a number of recent Forbes pieces, discussing how AI, quantum, and other emerging technologies are changing our infrastructure, security, and economy. However, the convergence of technology with our own neurochemistry is a more personal convergence that we are not talking about enough. Technology is changing the brain systems that govern our attention, not just vying for it.

We are more than just preoccupied; our minds are being hijacked. We are changing chemically. There is no moral failing or lack of discipline behind the attention-span crisis. It is intended to be a biological result.