Why do you call it 'he?'
It's true, Gen Zs can only concentrate one one thing for 60 seconds....
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Murrmurr
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Seems like all young YouTubers edit out the seconds between sentences so that it sounds like they never take a breath, so you just hear an incessant stream of words.
My old brain needs those few seconds to absorb the sentence you just spewed before you spit out the next, otherwise, you're just vomiting in my ear.
gruntlabor
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I guess because that's my impression. Logic belongs to man, emotion to woman.
Copilot doesn't force me to wade through all the fluff that search engines provide. He (or it) provides just the barebone facts.
David777
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Snippet at OP's link:
...Gen Z fared far worse, with almost half of 18-24-year-olds admitting they got distracted in under 60 seconds. This compares to only 7 per cent of 65s-and-overs who reporting this level of mental wandering.
OP's link didn't really explain what that meant? How can such a distractable person be productive at a workplace if so? Most professional tech corporate places I worked at had one 5 to 10 minute break in the morning, a lunch break, and one afternoon break. Many workers were usually too absorbed in whatever including this person.
It is true many people of any age in this era, cannot read more than a few sentences for clear understanding before losing focus and becoming annoyed. How did they ever get through school? Or a better question..."How are they teaching today in public schools?"
After the lively music weekend, this old guy expects to spend most of today quietly at home recovering, Youtube watching Sabien Hossenfelder and Anton Petrov science explanation videos, sometimes twice to better absorb difficult concepts.
...Gen Z fared far worse, with almost half of 18-24-year-olds admitting they got distracted in under 60 seconds. This compares to only 7 per cent of 65s-and-overs who reporting this level of mental wandering.
OP's link didn't really explain what that meant? How can such a distractable person be productive at a workplace if so? Most professional tech corporate places I worked at had one 5 to 10 minute break in the morning, a lunch break, and one afternoon break. Many workers were usually too absorbed in whatever including this person.
It is true many people of any age in this era, cannot read more than a few sentences for clear understanding before losing focus and becoming annoyed. How did they ever get through school? Or a better question..."How are they teaching today in public schools?"
After the lively music weekend, this old guy expects to spend most of today quietly at home recovering, Youtube watching Sabien Hossenfelder and Anton Petrov science explanation videos, sometimes twice to better absorb difficult concepts.
JBR
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Looking back... As a young guy, my interests were so varied that I was kinda scattered. That was no fault of the internet, and at around 17 I pretty much rejected TV. I was seeking my own path.
Individuals among the Gen-Z, of course, may differ from what's typical in their generation. Even if those now-typical Gen-Zs (with teensy attention spans) get themselves employed, they may develop longer attention spans. If you can't or don't want to continue living in your parents' basement, the demands of life can gradually change you. I firmly believe this is possible, as I recognize that in my own development, when I reflect and appreciate how various sorts of educational and work experience brought about change.
Individuals among the Gen-Z, of course, may differ from what's typical in their generation. Even if those now-typical Gen-Zs (with teensy attention spans) get themselves employed, they may develop longer attention spans. If you can't or don't want to continue living in your parents' basement, the demands of life can gradually change you. I firmly believe this is possible, as I recognize that in my own development, when I reflect and appreciate how various sorts of educational and work experience brought about change.
gruntlabor
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I don't know, I was checking out that squirrel. I think he ran into your pickup camper!
Murrmurr
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About 5 or so years ago, high and junior high schools stopped assigning required reading of entire books. Instead, students are asked to read excerpts from famous and impactful novels. Then, because these excerpts are taken out of context, instead of discussing an author's meanings or the moral of the story, students are asked to explain what the excerpt means to them.
That caught on big time during covid. No schools in my part of Calif require students to read whole books.
That's really messed up, imo.