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Originally Posted by kioshk
For me it's an attention span thing, and it kills me. I miss reading a lot of books so much. I assume it comes from getting older, but who knows?
I don't think it's about attention span of aging. I think it has to do with how rapidly new things fight for your attention.
I used to listen to Howard Stern on SIRIUS. Since discovering podcasts the idea of listening to the same person for my entire drive seems ridiculous (let alone paying for it), and listening to regular radio with commercials, laughable.
Same thing with books, if a book doesn't grab your attention as much as a a new Showtime show, podcast, online video game, facebook, whatever you'll loose interest.
Five years ago there were half as many ways to entertain yourself, in five more years there will be double as many.
By the way, I think this is a good thing.
Ken