20 years ago, people's average attention span on a task was 2.5 minutes, and 20 years later it had decreased to 47 seconds on any screen, a finding replicated by other researchers who found 44-50 second windows.
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“20 years ago we found that the average attention span was 2 and a half minutes and then came along a very sophisticated computer logging software and we found 20 years later that attention spans averaged 47 seconds on any screen”
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