"In 2000, Microsoft Canada reported that the average human had an attention span of twelve seconds; by 2013 that number had fallen to eight seconds." How is this measured? "Attention span" is a broad metric that varies from task to task. This could be a minimum span for most.
@thomasjbevan1's first newsletter was good stuff, I put some of his commonplace quotes in my own commonplace and a new book in my wishlist.
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"Today, goals visit themselves upon us, uninvited." I wonder what the relationship between this and mimetic goals are? It seems plausible enough to me that goals have never been our own. But now they aren't even in our best interests, but of those who want our money.
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How often do you go on Sabbaths? I know you take frequent twitter breaks, but full breaks from technology, people, and the world in general seem like a good thing. (I should do this more/at all). Relevant, by
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