One negative effect of the digital age is the shortening of attention span among netizens.
Unlike decades ago, a person sits down for more or less than a minute in loading just a single web page. Now, you can already load more or less than 20 web pages simultaneously in multiple tabs during one-minute span. But that’s just an estimate.
Without being diagnosed by an expert, we can already know if we are losing our focus
(Click here for self-diagnosis of ADD).
The internet is quickly changing our society more than we could think of. There’s a lot of possibilities that it could bring in the near future. But as we count the numberless advantages it brings, let’s keep a caution towards it as it also gives us a list of disadvantages. The internet can be likened to a fire. It can help a man to cook or it can help cook a man. Let’s be cautious.
Title inspiration from Too long, didn’t read (A Wikipedia essay entry).
Br. Allen 
the digital age takes us away from real face to face human interaction….. another disadvantage.
Oh yes. The scenes from Wall-E popped up in my mind.
Actually, I’ve noticed that too. I, myself, couldn’t stand such a long article, regardless whether relevant or not. That’s why I keep telling everyone to include paragraphs. Because honestly, I haven’t even skimmed the article, I am tired already. Paragraphs actually make the article look shorter… so for those who have short attention span, this is helpful. š
It seems that our attention span is getting shorter as the speed of our internet is getting faster. There’s a lot of quick fix now. Fast foods, instant coffee, and a lot more.
I’m guilty too of having a “tl;dr” mentality. I think 250 words is already long for blogs. And that’s just equivalent to a default MS Word document with 1.5″ spacing.