Some readers might challenge this view of distractions as they weaken the young mind by saying that they are helpful in the creative sense. Distraction can sometimes lead to new ideas. Anderson mentions in his essay, “This sort of free-associative wandering is essential to the creative process; one moment of judicious unmindfulness can inspire thousands of hours of mindfulness,” (Anderson, 11). When writers go off on a tangent or start writing about things that don’t seem to connect to their main ideas they can sometimes come up with great ideas without realizing it. When athletes don’t focus so much on what they’re doing or how well they are performing they sometimes end up performing better than expected. Being able to relax and not think so hard about the task at hand can help people create better outcomes. The times are changing, the speed of technology has a part in that and information being readily available makes young people work faster to keep up with the flow and tasks being asked of them. While it is true that distractions can be beneficial to the creative process, the abundance of distractions technology is creating is mostly hurting the brains of young people, not helping them.
This is great. Nice work having the last word here. This is important to maintaining momentum in your overall argument.
A side note: You don’t need Anderson’s name in that parenthetical citation because you used his name in your quote’s introduction.