# Nathan Heller - The Battle for Attention (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/6627e915045e0d7761486fa7/master/pass/r44164web-site.jpg) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/40614832) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Nathan Heller]] **Full Title**:: The Battle for Attention **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.newyorker.com](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/the-battle-for-attention) **Host**:: [[www.newyorker.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2024-05-17]] **Created**:: [[2024-05-19]] ## Highlights - Film pacing has accelerated, with the average length of a shot decreasing; in music, the mean length of top-performing pop songs declined by more than a minute between 1990 and 2020 ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hy363xpfgk5dqem1x8fxd2be)) ^720929281 - These days, she writes, people can pay attention to one screen for an average of only forty-seven seconds. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hy364epdx8h7jpz1g5teg2r7)) ^720929295