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Attention Leak Calculator

Estimate the cognitive recovery overhead and annual economic loss incurred by push notifications and daily context-switching checks.

Configure Your Inputs

Hourly Value / Wage$50 / hr
Your estimated hourly economic or strategic contribution.
Daily Push Notifications Received40 alerts / day
Average banners, buzzes, and pop-ups you receive.
Social / Email Self-Checks4 checks / hour
Manual checks of email, feeds, or messaging platforms per working hour.
Daily Work Hours8 hours

Diagnostic Output

Focus Time Lost Weekly
40 hours
Sapped by context-switching recovery overhead.
Annual Economic Loss
$100,000
Annual financial value wasted in attention recovery blocks.
Cognitive Attention Status
Severe Attention Fragmentation
The Science: University of California research demonstrates it takes an average of 23 minutes and 15 seconds to regain deep focus after a single interruption. Pip avoids this context-switching cost by providing a completely local environment with zero alerts or pop-ups.
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