A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight second — Timothy Egan
A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight second — Timothy Egan
A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight second — Timothy Egan
A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight second — Timothy Egan
A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight second — Timothy Egan
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A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight seconds, down from 12 in the year 2000.

— Timothy Egan
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