Does a surplus of information create a shortage of attention? Are today’s young people really unable to focus? And do goldfish need better PR?
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I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Mike Mahn.
And you're listening to no Stupid Questions.
Today on the show.
Are attention spans really shrinking?
10 minutes sounds so long to me.
M.
Angela, I have a question for you today.
I have been hearing a lot about how the modern attention span is so much shorter than it used to be.
And I know that there are more potential distractions today with phones, the Internet, social media, et cetera.
But is our ability to focus actually diminishing or are there just more things battling for our attention than there used to be?
Do we now have the attention span of a gnat or a dog like squirrel?
Right.
By the way, I have also asked this question.
Are our attention spans shrinking?
It is possible that human beings in 2024 have the same attention spans that we had in 1924 or 1524 or whenever.
But we happen to be in this buffet of amazing things.