## Metadata - Author: [[No stupid questions|No Stupid Questions]] - Full Title:: 220. Is Your Attention Span Shrinking? - Category:: #🎙️Podcasts - URL:: https://share.snipd.com/episode/d83430e4-aa5c-46de-86a4-927734d976d7 - Finished date:: [[2024-11-20]] ## Highlights > **Information vs. Attention** > - An abundance of information leads to a scarcity of attention. > - We must learn to allocate our limited attention effectively. > Transcript: > Angela Duckworth > But anyway, here's the quote from Herb Simon. In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else, a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that ([Time 0:23:17](https://share.snipd.com/snip/9671b46f-9c59-40b1-b901-8960f721e8ae)) > **Process Information** > - Constant consumption without processing leads to information overload. > - Counteract this by dedicating time to process information through writing or reflection. > Transcript: > Mike Maughan > When you're constantly consuming, we're never processing. I've been trying to just write more to process some of my own thinking ([Time 0:27:37](https://share.snipd.com/snip/28e35ba1-253d-4c13-a64e-cadb07d308fd))