My research over nearly two decades shows that our attention spans are declining, averaging just 47 seconds on any screen. This is alarming. But it does not mean we are doomed to live unfocused lives. We are experiencing a fundamental shift in how we think, how we work, how we focus, and how we achieve fulfillment. We can all feel it —in our burnout, Zoom fatigue, endless notifications, and our inability to maintain our attention. Technology has been designed with the intent to augment our capabilities and help us produce more, but we are also distracted and exhausted in our everyday use with it. It might feel like we are losing our ability to focus entirely, but there is some good news. Our ability to focus isn't lost, the way we focus is just changing. Based on decades of original research in what I call "living laboratories", where I study technology use in people's real world environments, this book not only presents the science of exactly how short our attention spans have become, how much we're interrupted and how much stress that causes us, but also how we can gain control of our attention and achieve wellbeing.
@gloriamark.bsky.social said "our attention spans are declining, averaging just 47 seconds on any screen." [today]
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