Have Attention Spans Been Declining?

Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65% by DelightOne on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:53PM (#36854049)

How do you deal with too much information if not by reducing the attention span anyway? There is no time to focus, no?

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Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65% by JohnFen on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:58PM (#36854101)

You develop the skill of quickly determining what deserves your attention and what does not. Having a long attention span doesn't imply you give everything your full attention.

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Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65% by DelightOne on Monday July 24, 2023 @06:54PM (#36855373)

How does that make you feel good compared to reading a couple short feel-good or activating short articles?

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Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65% by JohnFen on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:53AM (#36863168)

I don't think I understand the question. Do articles make you feel good because they're short, rather than because of what they contain?

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Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65% by DelightOne on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:44PM (#36869179)

My point is the effect feel-good, whether it is achieved by avoiding fluff, by (over-)simplifying, by some special content that can only be shown in short form or by feeling more knowledgeable. If you can read more of them, you feel better. I just wondered whether this is the reason few develop the skill - it is mostly not worth the time with no one around usually caring (whether you are superficial or not).

> You can't manage what you can't measure.

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