> people's views change from one generation to the next I think that's what Kevin Kelly means by attention in the essay. He writes: > It is much easier to bu

> people's views change from one generation to the next I think that's what Kevin Kelly means by attention in the essay. He writes: > It is much easier to build a rocket that will sail 500 years to the nearest star, then it is to ensure that the future generations of people born on board that 500-year rocket maintain the mission So he doesn't mean we'll flake out and flit our attention to something else on a whim. He's saying if we drop a project due to changing beliefs, opinions, and goals, that's "not having a long attention span". I don't love his use of the word "attention" to mean that, but I think it's pretty clear what he means by the word from the essay.