What have you lost that you would like to have back My pre-digital attention span. Big time. I really notice it. It seems to think that it’s fine to just wander all the time, especially if I’m trying to read a book, if I’m trying to have an analogue experience where I need to concentrate. It’s just looking for my phone, or setting off to think about something else, instead of really taking the time to get to grips with complex, long-form ideas. It just gives up very, very quickly and I have to kind of discipline it, says Donna Marie O'Donovan.
