"Slack, a supposed productivity tool meant to help knowledge workers recover from their email, demands more fixation than email ever did."  EXACTLY! Adding more messages to manage does the opposite of reducing cognitive load. This SHOULD be obvious.  https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Ftechnology%2Farchive%2F2023%2F09%2Fslack-redesign-office-social-media%2F675324%2F