不看手機覺得不安心? 網絡溜號會拖垮生產力!

Britain's poor productivity rate was revealed in the dismal forecasts for economic growth outlined in the Budget by Chancellor Philip Hammond.

英國大臣菲利普·哈蒙德於日前公佈預算，在黯淡的經濟增長預期中，該國低下的生產力被暴露無遺。

Dan Nixon, a senior analyst at the Bank of England, suggested that people were spending so much time checking their smartphones that a "crisis of attention" might lie behind the country's sluggish productivity.

英格蘭銀行資深分析師達恩·尼克松認爲，人們花費在查看智能手機上的時間過多，以至於該國滯緩的生產力或由“注意力危機”所致。

Nixon tracked the shrinking of recent western productivity growth against the tenfold increase in smartphone shipments in the past 10 years.

尼克松對過去十年裏智能手機出貨量增長10倍對近期西方生產力增速減緩造成的影響進行了追蹤。

He pointed to evidence of widespread "cyber-slacking", with office workers routinely sneaking lengthy peeks at their social media accounts.

他提出了普遍的“網絡溜號”跡象，即上班族經常偷偷的、長時間查看其社交媒體賬戶。

Studies suggest that after being interrupted, office staff need 25 minutes on average to refocus on their work.

研究表明，在被打斷後，辦公室職員平均需要25分鐘才能重新將注意力集中在工作上。

Data shows that visits to shopping websites peak during office hours - 2-6 pm on weekdays.

數據顯示，工作日下午2點至6點這段辦公時間，購物網站的訪問量最大。

Nixon also notes that some apps are designed to be addictive and begin to hijack people's mind.

此外，尼克松還指出，某些應用就是爲讓人上癮而設計的，這些應用已開始劫持人們的注意力。

"Distracted moments can lead to distracted you keep getting distracted by external stimuli, your mind is more likely to wander," he said.

他表示：“精力不集中的某個時刻會發展成精力不集中的某幾天……如果你一直被外界的刺激所幹擾，那麼你的大腦就會更容易走神。”