We are living in a perfect storm of complete degradation as a result of interruptions. We are collectively losing attention.”bestselling author Johann Hari at the virtual launch of his latest book,“What evidence is there to back up that we are collectively losing attention?” askedHari replied: “The gold-standard evidence would have been: let’s say for the last 150 years scientists would have to test people for attention in the same way they do for intelligence quotient .
From the interviews, Hari says he learnt: there are about 12 factors that can make attention better or worse, including technology and multitasking. “According to the scientist, what happens is we tend to then not pay attention to either of the tasks before us, but instead switch very rapidly between the tasks. It also turns out that comes with a really big cost of doing the task but not competitively so; you make more mistakes, remember less of what you do and are less creative. In the long run, the scientist says it affects your intelligence.
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