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There’s quite a bit of data. The early chapters of Stolen Focus by Johann Hari provides a good overview of the research, which shows that people are increasingl
by chaseadam17 4y ago
There’s quite a bit of data. The early chapters of Stolen Focus by Johann Hari provides a good overview of the research, which shows that people are increasingly switching their attention from one thing to another (both in longitudinal research studies and by analyzing things like how long topics trend in the news). He then goes on to summarize research that shows how “intelligence” drops when people switch focus too quickly. Eg speed reading drops retention, multitasking reduces IQ, etc.
- themitigating 4y agoThat just shows the effects but not whether people were more distracted in the past
- mat_epice 4y agoYou responded to the second sentence, not the first. "The early chapters of Stolen Focus by Johann Hari provides a good overview of the research, which shows that people are increasingly switching their attention from one thing to another"
- jjulius 4y agoIt's okay, they just got distracted! :P
- AlexErrant 4y agoScreenshot of 4 relevant pages from the book: https://i.imgur.com/AwwdEc4.png https://i.imgur.com/AwwdEc4.png The most important part, for me, was this bit: > What they discovered is there is one mechanism that can make this happen every time. You just have to flood the system with more information. The more information you pump in, the less time people can focus on any individual piece of it.