What is your attention span and has it changed over your life?

What is your attention span and has it changed over your life?
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Gosh, great question. I so hear you. No, I don’t follow tweets, I don’t hang about face book, why? because it doesn’t interest me and yes, I cannot focus on the drivel that permeates it. I battle at most to read a question here fully. Some grab my attention. I prefer pictures and graphics, thats why I hang out in virtual chat, where there are avatars and colors and rooms I can see. It holds my attention. I don’t know why I am like this or what happened, I suspect it is a certain anxiety as opposed to age. I get bored easily too.
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