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Attention Spans – Gloria Mark

Freedom Matters

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Why Do People Have Short AttentionSpans?

The very design of the internet itself inadvertently has been designed to attract and distract our attention. We are happiest when we do rote activity, things like playing Candy Crush or playing these simple games. Our attention is attracted to those things that make us happy. Is a shortening attention span a problem? The question is, it depends what you want to do.

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