It is primarily not about the span of attention. The important thing is not really for how long you can hold your attention on an object. The important thing is, what is the quality of the object you are attending to, and the nature of the human consciousness is such that, only very specific type of objects can really hold your attention for long.
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Questioner: Sir good afternoon. My question is, nowadays we use YouTube shorts, Instagram reels and other such short video platforms and they are really shortening our attention span. So, my question is how can we use technology and media in such a way that it doesn’t affect our attention span and what are some ways to maximize it. Thankyou sir.
Acharya Prashant: See, it is primarily not about the span of attention. The important thing is not really for how long you can hold your attention on an object. The important thing is, what is the quality of the object you are attending to, and the nature of the human consciousness is such that, only very specific type of objects can really hold your attention for long. Let me go a little deeper into it.
You see our mind; our consciousness is constantly searching for something.
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