The global pandemic of shortening attention spans

I had a moment of realisation the other day. In fact, it was my son who pointed it out. I was scrolling through social media on one phone and reading an article on my other phone. The television was on in the background and I was actually following the hilarious debates on Judge Judy!

Some decades ago, multitasking became the in-thing, the desirable corporate skill that would win you great jobs and earn promotions. From a purely capitalist point of view, multitasking sounds like the kind of efficiency and productivity that sets one corporate ahead of the other.