The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter

Post by chrinic83a7 » Fri, May 10, 2019, 7:56 AM UTC

sandworm101 wrote: post #29

colmvp wrote: post #13

I think it's telling that those in tech, including billionaire execs like Jobs, were/are very sensitive to the usage of tech devices by their kids. Addiction to games, news, apps, entertainment is real, but that's only half the issue. It fosters this itch where we can't linger on uncomfortable thoughts without instinctively grabbing our phone to be distracted. This include when we're trying to really go deep on a sub…

Remember too that many billionaires are control freaks. Them policing their children's screen time may just be part of larger control regime. Lots of rich people, going back to most every king/queen in history, have been what we would today call overprotective parents. Tech royalty isn't any different.

Post by badpun » Fri, May 10, 2019, 8:50 AM UTC

colmvp wrote: post #13

I think it's telling that those in tech, including billionaire execs like Jobs, were/are very sensitive to the usage of tech devices by their kids. Addiction to games, news, apps, entertainment is real, but that's only half the issue. It fosters this itch where we can't linger on uncomfortable thoughts without instinctively grabbing our phone to be distracted. This include when we're trying to really go deep on a sub…

Post by mat4magic » Fri, May 10, 2019, 9:18 AM UTC

badpun wrote: post #35

ErotemeObelus wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're not being distracted. We're just wise enough now to figure out that most of the subjects we're forced to focus on aren't that important.

That rings a bell. I can be laser-focused when something important is actually on the line - like, doing a high-visibility task at work, or studying for an important interview. Other than that, my mind seems to simply not care about the made-up human goals such "attaining mastery of a subject" etc. - it only focuses when survival is at stake. My subcionciousness may be smarter than I am.

Post by KitDuncan » Fri, May 10, 2019, 10:23 AM UTC

chrinic83a7 wrote: post #32

sandworm101 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remember too that many billionaires are control freaks. Them policing their children's screen time may just be part of larger control regime. Lots of rich people, going back to most every king/queen in history, have been what we would today call overprotective parents. Tech royalty isn't any different.

> Remember too that many billionaires are control freaks. Them policing their children's screen time may just be part of larger control regime. Lots of rich people, going back to most every king/queen in history, have been what we would today call overprotective parents. Tech royalty isn't any different. Whether this is the cause or not, children of the rich do very well in life, regardless of the level of control fr…

Post by miemo » Fri, May 10, 2019, 10:54 AM UTC

KitDuncan wrote: post #38

chrinic83a7 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Remember too that many billionaires are control freaks. Them policing their children's screen time may just be part of larger control regime. Lots of rich people, going back to most every king/queen in history, have been what we would today call overprotective parents. Tech royalty isn't any different. Whether this is the cause or not, children of the rich do very well in life, regardless of the level of control fr…

They are doing well, because they have resources that 99.99% of humans never will have. It's very hard to draw any conclusions here.