discuss What's the impact of technology on our attention span and focus?

[Unvarnished]

I will not lie, I'm obsessed with technology and it’s kind shifting my attention towards social media more. That is what I have to deal with. In the coming days, I might have to delete the social apps on my phone. It's taking too much of my time. I am not able to concentrate on large tasks for too long in a row.

 

[King Belieal]

It is difficult for people today to stay focused on a particular thing for sustained periods without being distracted by a social media message or a pop up video. That's why I leave my gadgets entirely when doing something that is very serious so that I can give it all the attention.

 

[ActionAce]

Technical advancements strongly affect how we focus along with how well we pay attention to things. The number of notifications alongside social media updates and email alerts will make you lose focus very quickly. So, I try to put them off.

 

[1stop]

The level of distraction created by technology is become a major difficulty for most people. The constant notifications overtake our attention creating difficulty in maintaining focus for our work durations. Particularly to address this problem, I put my phone on “Do not disturb”. This is how I was able to overcome the challenges.

 

[Yugi]

It's an addiction. We've become so attached to our technological devices that we need to check on notifications, communities we're a part of, play games we enjoy, etc. We naturally do things we like and technology gives us a little piece of everything we can enjoy. It's shifted a majority of real life to the cyber world. My attention span has never been that great and I feel like I need to drop doing things that are out of the box and get back into my comfort zone to do the things I enjoy, which usually relates to technology.

 

[Yama]

Technology has made us impatient, we want everything to happen too quickly, we have lost our ability to think. We are so impatient that we take just 5-10 seconds to judge something.