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by lcam84 2208 days ago
Bandwidth or transfer the idea remains. We already have a very short attention span and we have many companies fighting for this finite resource.For example, we have companies that are using casino strategies in games for children.

Increasing the speed of the hardware can bring advances but it can also exacerbate the problems that we are already feeling with this hyperconnectivity.

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Increasing the responsiveness of everything should have the exact opposite effect, because attention is most affected by latency. If you're always immediately getting what you're looking for immediately you can't be distracted either.
That's magical thinking. The gas will expand to fill the container. People will use it as much but download more.
Increasing attention available should be good regardless of how it would be used, even the worst-case scenario would be where we are now, only we get more done