EigoPro 準1級 読解 — Reclaiming Attention

The advice to "use technology in moderation" sounds reasonable until one notices how the technology is built. The applications competing for our waking hours are not neutral tools awaiting disciplined use; they are engineered, by some of the most talented designers alive, to be as difficult to put down as possible. Infinite feeds, unpredictable rewards and the soft tyranny of the notification are not accidents but the deliberate fruit of an industry whose revenue depends, quite literally, on the quantity of attention it can capture and resell. Against this backdrop, the counsel of moderation can resemble telling a swimmer to remain calm in a riptide. Proponents of digital minimalism therefore advocate something more structural: not willpower exercised moment by moment, but a wholesale redesign of one's relationship with these devices. Strip the phone of its most engineered features, they suggest; decide in advance and on your own terms what a tool is for, and refuse it everything else. The aim is not abstinence for its own sake but the reclamation of attention as a finite and precious resource—the raw material, after all, of thought, intimacy and a considered life. Critics dismiss the movement as a privilege of those who can afford to disconnect, and there is justice in the charge; a gig worker tethered to an app cannot simply log off. But the deeper point survives the objection. If attention is the one currency we cannot earn more of, then the question of who is permitted to spend it, and on what, is not a lifestyle preference but among the central political questions of the age.

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問 1

What is the main idea of the passage?

  • People should abstain from all digital devices permanently.
  • Technology is a neutral tool that simply requires more self-discipline.
  • Because apps are engineered to capture attention, reclaiming it requires structural change, not mere moderation.
  • Digital minimalism is purely a fashionable lifestyle choice.
Phrase

not willpower exercised moment by moment, but a wholesale redesign of one's relationship with these devices

準1級読解技術心理主旨把握
⚡ひとことで

本文の論旨は『アプリは注意を奪うよう設計されているので、節度でなく構造的変革で注意を取り戻すべき』。

選択肢の解説Choice Analysis

「Because apps are engineered to capture attention, reclaiming it requires structural change, not mere moderation.」

正解

第1段でアプリは engineered ... to be as difficult to put down as possible と設計意図を暴き、第2段で something more structural: not willpower ... but a wholesale redesign と説く。よって『設計で注意を奪うから、節度でなく構造変革が要る』が主旨。

  • 「Technology is a wholly neutral tool that simply requires a great deal more self-discipline of us.」

    = 自制があれば足りる中立な道具 ━ not neutral tools と明確に否定。

  • 「People ought to abstain from every one of their digital devices permanently and for good.」

    = 全デバイスを永久に断つ ━ not abstinence for its own sake と否定。

  • 「purely a fashionable lifestyle choice」

    = 単なる流行のライフスタイル ━ 最終段で political questions と格上げしており逆。

▦Collocation
パターン意味例
in moderationほどほどにuse technology in moderation
the soft tyranny of ~~の穏やかな専制the soft tyranny of the notification
a wholesale redesign全面的な再設計a wholesale redesign of one's relationship
capture and resell ~~を捕え転売するattention it can capture and resell
moment by moment刻一刻とwillpower exercised moment by moment
❝例文

  • Apps are engineered to be hard to put down.

    アプリは手放しにくいよう設計されている。

  • We need redesign, not mere willpower.

    必要なのは意志力でなく再設計だ。

  • Their revenue depends on captured attention.

    彼らの収益は奪った注意に依存する。

💡Tip · 覚えるコツ

主旨は『not A but B』(not willpower but redesign) の B を含む肢を採る。本文が明示否定する語 (neutral tool / abstinence / lifestyle) を含む肢は罠。

問 2

According to the passage, why is the advice of "moderation" inadequate?

  • Moderation works well but is rarely explained clearly to users.
  • Technology companies have recently stopped designing addictive features.
  • The apps are deliberately engineered to be as difficult to put down as possible.
  • Most people are simply too lazy to exercise any self-control.
Phrase

engineered ... to be as difficult to put down as possible

準1級読解技術心理詳細把握
⚡ひとことで

節度論が不十分なのは、アプリが意図的に『手放しにくく』設計されているから。

選択肢の解説Choice Analysis

「The apps are deliberately engineered to be as difficult to put down as possible.」

正解

第1段で they are engineered ... to be as difficult to put down as possible とし、Infinite feeds, unpredictable rewards ... are not accidents but the deliberate fruit of an industry と続く。よって『意図的に手放しにくく設計されている』ことが節度論不十分の理由。

  • 「too lazy to exercise any self-control」

    = 怠惰で自制できない ━ 問題は意志でなく設計だと論じており逆。

  • 「recently stopped designing addictive features」

    = 依存機能の設計をやめた ━ deliberate fruit と現在進行の設計を述べ逆。

  • 「Moderation works well but is rarely explained clearly to users.」

    = 節度は有効だが説明不足 ━ 節度は riptide で泳げと言うに等しいと退け逆。

▦Collocation
パターン意味例
be engineered to ~~するよう設計されるengineered to be hard to put down
put down ~~を手放すdifficult to put down
unpredictable rewards予測不能な報酬unpredictable rewards
the deliberate fruit of ~~の意図的な産物the deliberate fruit of an industry
a riptide離岸流remain calm in a riptide
❝例文

  • The feed is engineered to be hard to put down.

    フィードは手放しにくく設計されている。

  • These features are no accident.

    これらの機能は偶然ではない。

  • Moderation here is like calm in a riptide.

    ここでの節度は離岸流で平静でいるようなものだ。

💡Tip · 覚えるコツ

『なぜ節度が不十分か』設問は設計意図 (engineered to ~) を採る。利用者の怠惰や説明不足など『個人の問題』に帰す肢は、設計を問題視する本文と逆。

問 3

What does digital minimalism, according to the passage, actually advocate?

  • Exercising willpower moment by moment to resist temptation.
  • A structural redesign of one's relationship with devices, deciding in advance what each tool is for.
  • Buying the newest devices with the most advanced features.
  • Total and permanent abstinence as a goal in itself.
Phrase

decide in advance and on your own terms what a tool is for, and refuse it everything else

準1級読解技術心理詳細把握
⚡ひとことで

デジタルミニマリズムは『各道具の用途を前もって自分で決め、それ以外を拒む』構造的再設計を説く。

選択肢の解説Choice Analysis

「A structural redesign of one's relationship with devices, deciding in advance what each tool is for.」

正解

第2段で a wholesale redesign of one's relationship with these devices とし、decide in advance and on your own terms what a tool is for, and refuse it everything else と具体化する。よって『各道具の用途を前もって決める構造的再設計』が主張内容。

  • 「willpower moment by moment」

    = 刻一刻の意志力 ━ not willpower ... but redesign と否定。

  • 「Buying only the very newest devices that come with the most advanced features available.」

    = 最新の高機能機を買う ━ むしろ engineered features を剥ぎ取れと説き逆。

  • 「Total and permanent abstinence from all technology, treated as a goal in and of itself.」

    = 全面・永久の断絶を目的に ━ not abstinence for its own sake と否定。

▦Collocation
パターン意味例
on one's own terms自分の条件でon your own terms
decide in advance前もって決めるdecide in advance what a tool is for
refuse A everything elseそれ以外を全て拒むrefuse it everything else
strip A of BAからBを剥ぎ取るstrip the phone of its features
for its own sakeそれ自体のためabstinence for its own sake
❝例文

  • Decide in advance what each tool is for.

    各道具の用途を前もって決めよ。

  • Strip the phone of its engineered features.

    電話から作り込まれた機能を剥ぎ取れ。

  • Use it on your own terms, not theirs.

    彼らでなく自分の条件で使え。

💡Tip · 覚えるコツ

主張内容の詳細設問は『not A but B』の B を言い換えた肢を採る。否定された A (willpower) や正反対 (最新機購入) を選ばせる罠に注意。

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