Thanks to my friend, Brian for drawing the below article to my attention. According to a study by Microsoft, the attention span of the average human has dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds in 2015. According to scientists a goldfish can hold a thought in it’s brain for 9 seconds. The decline is, if one is to believe the research, due to the growth in the use of smartphones, which began in 2000.
Now what am I doing? What is the point of this post? Oh look a fly is buzzing around the room. How interesting. Let me just check that text. No, wait I will check my email instead!
For the article please visit, (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11607315/Humans-have-shorter-attention-span-than-goldfish-thanks-to-smartphones.html).
K Morris - Poet 
Yup. I believe it. 😮
Thanks for your comment Tess. Kevin
When I used to work with young kids, we learned that the maximum attention span was 7 minutes. That measure was used to guide adults in teaching young minds. (What’s the use of a 45 minute lecture when the kids drift off after 7 minutes) The point was to mix it up and break it up. If it’s not 8 seconds…ugh.
That is interesting. thanks for your comment. Kevin