Attention and the BraiSQUIRREL

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

News, Science, Society & Culture, Culture, Comedy, Internet, Pop, Games, Gadgets

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2014

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Anthony read an article that argues in favor to short attention spans, and tries to convince Jeff that multitasking is the next step of evolution for humans. To prove his point, he does the entire episode while watching The Croods. Hey! If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you use to listen. Here's the iTunes link: http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns Jeff on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeffcannata Anthony on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acarboni Story: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/perhaps-shorter-attention-spans-arent-necessarily-a-bad-thing

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm getting a special hoodie with a phone quiver in the back.
0:22.0	Oh, I'm sorry.
0:23.0	I have a phone call.
0:24.0	Can you pull it from the back like green arrow?
0:27.2	Phone quiver is a hook up app.
0:29.6	For nervous people.
0:30.6	For nervous people.
0:31.6	Are you nervous?
0:32.6	Do you want to meet other nervous people?
0:35.3	Try phone quiver.
0:36.3	I think I want to swipe to the right, but I'm scared.
0:40.2	P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-I-R-E-Go.
0:42.4	Every time.
0:43.4	This is we have concerns.
0:45.4	Hey, Jeff Canada.
0:46.4	Hey, Anthony Carboni, what's up this week?
0:48.1	How do you feel about your attention span?
0:50.8	Do you feel like attention spans are getting shorter over time?
0:53.7	Oh my God.
0:54.7	This is one of the places that I feel most guilty about because I hate the fact that my
0:59.1	phone is hanging.
1:00.1	See what I did there?
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