Our attention spans are plummeting! What the hell is wrong with us?

There has been a 33% reduction in the average human attention span since 2000. It is now significantly less than a goldfish, writes Fergus Finlay

What the hell is wrong with us? It’s the sort of question George Hook might ask, especially in one of his grumpy moods.

I was listening to him having a right old rant the other day about how we’ve all lost the ability to read and write, because of our reliance on technology.