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  Funnily enough I was reading that in countries where cellphone use is much lower, attention spans are longer. Imagine that
context: Sorry, I got too distracted to read your post till the end >
  
  I got to "shorter than a goldfish" and realized OP has no idea what they're talking about, so I stopped reading >
  
  That's not my idea. I just looked up "are attention spans getting shorter" and that's the sort of result you get on that search. >
  
  Then whatever website you used to form your opinion has no idea what they were talking about and that's why your opinion is wrong. >
  
  If you're right it not an opinion.
  It's a fact. It's either true or not >
  
  Gold fish have AN EXPECTED MEMORY OF 3 SECS, not attention span (which has been disproven).
  Well done, you've just played yourself. >
  
  I used to be able to read a 3-400 page book in 2 days in primary school. As an adult this now takes me a week. My phone has destroyed my capacity to focus and be present