220. Is Your Attention Span Shrinking?
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Does a surplus of information create a shortage of attention? Are today’s young people really unable to focus? And do goldfish need better PR? 

• SOURCES:

• Neil Bradbury), professor of physiology at Rosalind Franklin University.

• Nicholas Carr), writer and journalist.

• Johann Hari), writer and journalist.

• Charles Howard), University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity & Community at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Felicity Huntingford), emeritus professor of functional ecology at the university of Glasgow.

• Gloria Mark), professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine.

• Rick Rubin), music producer and record executive.

• Herbert Simon), professor of computer science and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.

• RESOURCES:

• Uncovering Your Path: Spiritual Reflections for Finding Your Purpose)*, *by Charles Lattimore Howard (forthcoming 2025).

• Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity)*, *by Gloria Mark (2023).

• The Creative Act: A Way of Being)*, *by Rick Rubin (2023).

• Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention — and How to Think Deeply Again)*, *by Johann Hari (2022).

• "Quibi’s Founder and CEO Explain What Went Wrong)," by Jessica Bursztynsky (*CNBC, *2020).

• "Digital Democracy Survey, Eleventh Edition)," by Deloitte (2017).

• "Busting the Attention Span Myth)," by Simon Maybin (*BBC News, *2017).

• "Attention Span During Lectures: 8 Seconds, 10 Minutes, or More?)" by Neil Bradbury (*Advances in Physiology Education, *2016).

• "Is Google Making Us Stupid?)" by Nicholas Carr (*The Atlantic, *2008).

• "Designing Organizations for an Information-Rich World)," by Herbert Simon (*Computers, Communications, and the Public Interest, *1971).

• EXTRAS:

• "Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?)" by *Freakonomics Radio *(2024).

• "Rick Rubin on How to Make Something Great)," by *People I (Mostly) Admire *(2023).