An anecdotal one that was first published over 20 years ago (but updated for modern-day distractions) is here: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/nadd/ https://

An anecdotal one that was first published over 20 years ago (but updated for modern-day distractions) is here: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/nadd/ https://randsinrepose.com/archives/nadd/. I'm sure it was updated anyway because it references stuff that didn't exist in 2003 yet, like Twitter, but the oldest internet archive version from 2014 seems to have the same contents. If anyone knows where the original is, do comment. But anyway, he also did a follow-up about watching films without the attention span, in 2005 already: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/movie-nadd/ https://randsinrepose.com/archives/movie-nadd/ Interestingly, he posits that the opposite is "information overload"; people who can't skim or skip things who are still exposed to too much input and break down for it. Of course, I want to believe this is a choice, you can turn off your phone and notifications, set up a system of critical notifications that cannot wait (which when you think about it is very little, or it's another person who has a problem with needing quick replies).