We’ve all wondered about it. You’re not crazy: yes, our attention spans really are declining.

In 2004, people averaged 150 seconds on a computer screen before switching to a different screen. In 2012, that dropped to 75 seconds. Studies from 2016 to 2021 showed it had dropped again to somewhere between 44 to 50 seconds.

And that’s an average. So half the time it’s shorter than that.

Yes, I know, now you want a t-shirt that says, “I Read Eric’s Blog And All I Got Was A Greater Sense Of My Own I...