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On a scale of zero to six, how much do the digital technologies you use make you feel worn out, with zero standing for not at all and six for so worn out that you can’t even keep looking at the screen?

Paul Leonardi has asked that question of more than 12,000 people, starting in 2002, after he was finding himself digitally exhausted at the end of the day. In 2002, the average exhaustion score was 2.6, just below the midline. By 2020 it had climbed to 5.5 – extremely worn out.

“The data reveal a disturbing trend: People have been growing increasingly worn out by their use of digital technologies at work and at home,” the professor of technology mana

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