The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So if an ability to focus and attend to things deeply is really what's most important, and really acts as the greatest lever for both natural and synthetic happiness, well then, tools like a 5 minute daily meditation or a 13 minute day meditation, as well as tools that allow us to get excellent sleep every night.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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So it's really fair to say that our ability to attend and focus really equates to happiness.