Attention Span

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Senra: Long attention spans will become more valuable as tools degrade focus
“I think having a long attention span is going to get more valuable in the world, because I think, I do think, because of the tools we use every day, it's, like, shrinking.”
David Senra Jan 27, 2025 ▶ 31:54 David Senra on How to Become a World Class Founder
Rizk: Long-form podcasts suffer slow adoption due to shrinking attention spans
“The problem with podcasts sometimes is, that's not sometimes actually, podcasts just have a slightly slow adoption rate. You're listening to the thing for an hour, right? Like, we as a generation just don't have attention spans.”
Youssef Rizk Sep 20, 2023 ▶ 13:34 Generating your AI Media Empire - with Youssef Rizk of Wondercraft.ai
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Alter: Attention span functions like a muscle requiring exercise
“The attention span is a lot like a muscle that you have to exercise to improve.”
Adam Alter Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:14 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
McKee: Human attention spans haven't changed, only interest spans have shortened
“People's attention spans have not changed since we sat around the fire in caves. Your attention span is determined by your genetics, and the human genome hasn't changed. What has changed is people's interest spans.”
Robert McKee Sep 22, 2018 ▶ 11:37 1155 How He's Used Stories to Build a $20m+ SaaS Platform for Scaling Content

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