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How Tech Ate the Media and Our Minds (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the story-of-our-lives dept.

From a report: On average, we check our phones 50 times each day -- with some studies suggesting it could three times that amount. We spend around 6 hours per day consuming digital media. As a result, the human attention span has fallen from 12 seconds to eight seconds since 2000, while the goldfish attention span is nine seconds. And we just mindlessly pass along information without reading or checking it. Columbia University found that nearly 60 percent of all social media posts are shared without being clicked on.

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    tl;dr

  2. I think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I should comment on thi

  3. Really? by bmimatt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Speak for yourself, Sparky. Not all of us are FB zombies. There are dozens of us. DOZENS!

  4. I read the article by OrangeTide · · Score: 4, Funny

    And while it made some interesting pointsSQUIRREL

    --
    “Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
  5. Well Actually by ememisya · · Score: 3, Funny

    The real question here is *beep* hang on, email... ... What we must pay attention to is *beep* text message, ... hah (writes answer), errr right, as I was saying, *starts car*, err, *beep beep beep* (puts on seatbelt) It's a difficult world to *facebook notification* haha omg, Err... driving right now ... Send ... Semi truck horn ... 24 months later. I love apples!