How Attention Deficit on The Internet Led to Faster Learning
By
memenode on 04 Aug 2014
Almost every negative has a silver lining, and almost everything positive probably has some imperfection to it. Most things are somewhere in the middle, understood as generally bad or generally good, but with a significant flip side.
One such issue might be the attention deficit caused by internet's constant stream of information and distractions. It's not necessarily a full blown disorder, albeit it might be for some, but it is a tendency that probably everyone of us who is using the internet extensively has experienced to some degree. We multitask a lot, and find it harder to keep our attention on a single thing for long. It's why listicles are such a popular form of content on the internet, and part of why I'll try to make this article easier to read attentively by splitting it into sub-headings.
The Problem: Information Overload
The obvious cause of attention deficit, or the increasing difficulty to focus on a single thing while on the internet, is the information overload and our struggle to cope with it.
The overload manifests itself in two key ways. One is the sheer amount of content that you
could be consuming right now, and which you might be tempted to pursue. The second is the sheer amount of content that's already hitting you whether it is from your Facebook news feed, Twitter, momentary YouTube recommendations and related videos, and so on.
