James Laughlin argues we live in an "attentional pathogenic culture" that makes sustained deep focus unusually difficult; he emphasizes this is not individual fault. He links shrinking attention spans to reduced societal capacity to solve major problems (example cited: climate change), asserting that when attention breaks down, problem solving breaks down.
We now live in an attentional pathogenic culture, which is an environment in which sustained and deep focus is extremely hard for all of us and you have to swim upstream to achieve it. Let me tell you this, it's not your fault you cannot focus. Secondly, attention spans are decreasing at the time when we need them most. One of the biggest contributors to inaction on big issues such as climate change is the lack of focus. From a societal standpoint. When attention breaks down, problem solving breaks down.
