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The smartphone era created an attention crisis. Slowtech is fixing it

“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”

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Jun 18, 2026 at 17:16 TechCrunch

The smartphone era created an attention crisis. Slowtech is fixing it

“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”

Jun 17, 2026 at 15:24 TechCrunch

The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span

“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”

Jun 11, 2026 at 23:01 Hacker News

If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort

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