Attention deficit

Have you noticed that the Internet is tailor-made for increasingly short attention-spans?
Yes? I'm impressed that you finished reading that whole sentence.
I'm convinced that paying attention is a learned activity. And that we have not only failed to teach it to our children, but have failed to learn it ourselves. Or at least have un-learned it.
In fact, if you are still reading this,
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...sorry, my I got a PM from my BFF and had to chat. What was I saying?