ATTENTION  THREATS TO ATTENTION

 

Attention Advocacy isn’t anti phones or internet. It is concerned about their harmful effects. Current research reveals:

 

One The average human attention span on a single screen is roughly 47 seconds. This is a sharp drop from 2.5 minutes in 2004. However, the issue is often a distraction problem rather than a decline in human brainpower Social media users flip between digital applications every 44 seconds

 

Two It takes an average of 25.5 minutes to get back to deep focus and attention after just a single distraction

 

Three Our brain is not built to do two complex things at once. Multitasking can reduce performance by 20% to 40% due to errors and lost time

 

Four Constantly switching tasks causes a spike in heart rate and blood pressure, leading to higher daily stress levels

 

Five We are 3 times more likely to click on negative content versus positive with social media algorithms designed to maximize this effect known as negative bias. We can go from viewing a joyful, uplifting message to a painful, violent picture in milliseconds.

 

Six It takes just one hour for TikToks algorithm to show dummy accounts content that romanticize self-harm and suicide

 

Seven MRI Scans who heavy users of Facebook develop poor attention, pulsivity and brain patters that look like ADHD

 

Eight High school and college teachers overwhelmingly report that students' capacity for sustained or deep attention has sharply sharply decreased, significantly impeding the forms of study, reading, looking at art, round-table discussions - once deemed central to the liberal arts. College students can only now focus on any task for 65 seconds

 

Nine  82% of parents think social media/the internet is having negative impacts on their children’s mental health.

 

Ten  820 million digit profiles of UK children are auctioned each day in order to sell ads

 

ATTENTION REASONS TO DEEPEN ATTENTION 

 

One Your frack-free attention reduces stress and worry about things that might not happen. Actually, healthy attention multiplies your confidence about the future.

 

Two  Helps let go of painful or heavy memories that produce overwhelming sad thoughts. Viewing the past through a healthy attention lense helps erase the pain of yesterdays.

 

Three Generates a calmness providing your nervous system a chance to rest and heal

 

Four  Generates a positive form of energy putting your full power into the actions you do right now

 

Five Deeper focus upon real life and noticing the world around you through your five senses instead of fractured focus from inhabiting screens and scrolls

 

Six Your full attention fortifies relationships, deep listening and true connections. You hear what people say without planning your reply. You look people in the eye and share real time together.

 

Seven Although full attention addresses the challenges faced in today’s attention economy, it also sets the stage for a more beneficial interaction with the economy. Things finishing work faster and making fewer mistakes go hand in hand with direct attention.

 

Eight Directing your attention helps your brain learn new things and expand your abilities over time

 

Nine Asset attention leads to an alertness that prevents accidents while doing high-risk tasks like driving or cooking or crossing the street not looking at your phone.

 

Ten Limiting social media use to just 30 minutes each day can lead to significant reductions in symptoms of loneliness and depression.