Book · 2023 · Business & Economics
Attention Span
A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity
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She wrote an an excellent book called Attention Span if anybody's like really interested in this.
The best things said about it
While I was working on this piece I called Gloria Mark who is a professor of information science at the University of California at Irvine and the author of this book attention span.
Ezra Klein The Ezra Klein Show · Jun 2023 Why people recommend it
Attention Span by Gloria Mark is an exploration of human focus, digital distraction, and the ways modern technology and media environments impact our ability to concentrate. The book has been referenced and recommended by prominent figures in discussions about cognitive health and productivity. On an episode of the Huberman Lab podcast, Dr. Tommy Wood recommended the publication to listeners, describing it as an excellent book for anyone genuinely interested in understanding attention and cognitive capacity. Additionally, Ezra Klein discussed the book on The Ezra Klein Show, mentioning that while working on a specific piece, he personally reached out to the author—a professor of information science at the University of California at Irvine—to conduct research on digital distraction and the changing nature of human focus. Through these podcast appearances, the work is positioned as an essential guide for navigating the modern attention economy, providing readers with empirical insights into how work habits and digital devices continually reshape our daily lives and mental endurance.
Every mention
Tommy Wood She wrote an an excellent book called Attention Span if anybody's like really interested in this. 1
“She wrote an an excellent book called Attention Span if anybody's like really interested in this.”
Ezra Klein while I was working on this piece I called Gloria Mark who is a professor of information science at the Uni… 1
“while I was working on this piece I called Gloria Mark who is a professor of information science at the University of California at Irvine and the author of this book attention span”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“one of them is Gloria Mark a professor at the University of California at Irvine she is one of the foundational most significant researchers in the attention field and the author of the book attention”
“she is one of the foundational most significant researchers in the attention field and the author of the book attention span”
“what I can say as um and I wrote about this in my book that I I did a deep dive to look at the prevalence of ADHD”
“to my website Gloria mark one word um and then uh you can learn a lot more in my book attention span Linked In the show notes below”