Does a surplus of information create a shortage of attention? Are today’s young people really unable to focus? And do goldfish need better PR?

SOURCES:Neil Bradbury • , professor of physiology at Rosalind Franklin University. Nicholas Carr • , writer and journalist. Johann Hari • , writer and journalist. Charles Howard • , University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity & Community at the University of Pennsylvania. Felicity Huntingford • , emeritus professor of functional ecology at the university of Glasgow. Gloria Mark • , professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine. Rick Rubin • , music producer and record executive. Herbert Simon • , professor of computer science and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.

RESOURCES:Uncovering Your Path: Spiritual Reflections for Finding Your Purpose, • by Charles Lattimore Howard (forthcoming 2025). Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity, • by Gloria Mark (2023). The Creative Act: A Way of Being, • by Rick Rubin (2023). Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention — and How to Think Deeply Again, • by Johann Hari (2022). • " Quibi’s Founder and CEO Explain What Went Wrong • ," by Jessica Bursztynsky ( CNBC, • 2020). • " Digital Democracy Survey, Eleventh Edition • ," by Deloitte (2017). • " Busting the Attention Span Myth • ," by Simon Maybin ( BBC News, • 2017). • " Attention Span During Lectures: 8 Seconds, 10 Minutes, or More? • " by Neil Bradbury ( Advances in Physiology Education, • 2016). • " Is Google Making Us Stupid? • " by Nicholas Carr ( The Atlantic, • 2008). • " Designing Organizations for an Information-Rich World • ," by Herbert Simon ( Computers, Communications, and the Public Interest, • 1971).

EXTRAS: • " Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying? • " by Freakonomics Radio • (2024). • " Rick Rubin on How to Make Something Great • ," by People I (Mostly) Admire • (2023).