Technology is growing rapidly, and now it is much easier than ever to reach people. But in all this movement of social media and constant information, Tech is definitely taking a toll on mental health and making people focus difficult. The best way to deal with this problem? According to Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt, you can only focus by closing your phone. Yes, the same man who helped to build one of the most influential technical companies and also launched Android, which is now strengthening the devices that dissolve billions – now saying that these great equipment is affecting our ability to focus and think deeply.

Speaking on the Moonshots podcast, Schmidt continued to discuss the impact of digital noise, especially trying to do meaningful work on young people. “I work with a lot of 20-centhings in research,” he said. “One of the questions I had, how do they research in the presence of all these stimuli? I can definitely answer this question: they turn off their phone.”

Schmid pointed to the role of advanced technology in this growing meditation crisis. “We have essentially tried to mud the hours of all your waking hours,” he said. “Advertising, entertainment, memberships – it’s competing for your attention, and it is completely on how humans are wired to think.”

His comment definitely attacks a raga, especially coming from someone who was once leading Google, a lot of company with a lot of products that are built around the user capturing and taking care. But Schmid was not away from irony. “You can’t think deeply as a researcher with this,” he said referring to the phone. “Even these apps that help you relax, just turn off the phone. That is that humans have rested for 70,000 years.”

And this is not the first time we have been warned about the red flag of digital distraction. Schmid’s comments echo the widespread growing concerns between researchers and psychologists. Dr. Gloria Mark, a major focus researcher, in his study found that the average focus duration on a screen has fallen from 2.5 minutes to two decades ago to just 47 seconds. The results are widespread including comprehensive thinking, poor retention and increased stress.

Gym Quick, known as The Brain Coach, the author of Aseem, explains that the problem with digital distraction is not just forgetting disease. This is divided meditation. He told Forbes, “They blame their retention, but this is really more attention to them.” “Every ring, ping, and notification is motivating us to distraction. And we wonder why we can’t remember things in meetings or with our family.”

A separate study by the National Institute of Health (NIH) connected digital distress with low satisfaction and alleged learning. The study found that young users, and which were different from the live learning environment, were particularly weak. Time checking, scrolling boredom, or sending immediate messages such as all prophets of high distraction levels were.

While the Schmidt emphasizes closing the phone, he also provides a separate approach to keep the technique and focus simultaneously. They suggest that people may continue using technology, but need to remove themselves from distracted bits to focus. He shared his example, where he said how he used to brainstorm Google’s Mithun AI for six hours during a flight and it was no obstruction, no advertisement, no social media. They suggest that the closure of technology may not be the only solution, people can still use it effectively, as long as they stay away from distractions.