Episode 91: The Attention Span Myth

What this episode covers

You do not want to miss the beginning of this episode (and the rest of it, too, let's be real...). We talk about robots. Kind of. We also discuss how hiring for culture fit can be an easy vehicle for bias and how the research about attention spans leads to some great myths. I mean, who is really watching goldfish pay attention to anything? And how do we know they're paying attention? This and many questions will be asked (and laughed at) in addition to a conversation about a very old, but highly relevant academic article about resistance to innovation. Additional Information: The robothttps://gizmodo.com/a-wearable-robotic-tail-turns-anyone-into-a-furry-with-1836974428Culture fit leads to biashttps://www.fastcompany.com/90282111/is-hiring-for-culture-fit-another-form-of-unconscious-bias (https://www.fastcompany.com/90282111/is-hiring-for-culture-fit-another-form-of-unconscious-bias)Attention Spans are a mythhttps://www.bbc.com/news/health-38896790 Resistance to Innovationhttps://www-jstor-org.unco.idm.oclc.org/stable/2771607?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (https://www-jstor-org.unco.idm.oclc.org/stable/2771607?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents)