[georgebarnett]

Open plan offices are only part of the problem. The other more serious issue is that we as a society have collectively ruined out ability to concentrate.

Email clients, chat clients, Social media, rapid fire short form articles, distraction wherever you look; these all contribute to a reduced attention span.

I do think it's possible to change the habit, but that requires mindfulness to engage in less context switching activities. That's really, really hard.

[theadmyral]

I'd argue this is more a symptom of how fast things change, than how well we are able to concentrate or our ability to focus.