I believe that it is partly because of this splitting of attention that we have become less creative, combined with much of the focus of our attention being driven to consume content that doesn't inspire us to create.
I've been thinking about this alot lately. Although HIVE has made me inspired many times to create, I'm at this point where I'm longing for the whole internet to collapse lol and go back to the '90s.
Not only that, the content we consume "steals" time from us as we consume it in various ways too, including diminishing our ability to complete tasks effectively and efficiently. Even the act of consumption itself is poorly performed, which is why so many of us tend to read or skim only parts of articles, which I think is by design, through an inundation of content, most of it very low value.
I'm noticing that in the kids I teach - they can't sustain their reading at all.
I've been switching off a lot and going back to reading. I find it harder to read these days - my attention span is shot because the attention media has made it so. It takes a bit of effort to stick at it, but once I'm in the flow, I'm back to reading a few chapters at a time and enjoying it again. From a once avid reader, I'm a bit shocked that I've allowed the internet to steal my attention so much.