Infinite Scroll: Why Your Attention Span Is Actually Fine

You've heard humans now have an 8-second attention span, shorter than a goldfish. It's everywhere—headlines, TED talks, marketing decks. It's also completely fabricated. This episode debunks the myth, traces its absurd origins, and explores what the actual neuroscience reveals about infinite scrolling, dopamine, and whether your brain is really changing. 00:00 - Cold open: Welcome to the scroll 01:20 - The 8-second goldfish myth debunked 03:45 - Tracing the false stat to its source 05:30 - What goldfish can actually do 07:00 - Research shows no decline in attention spans 09:15 - How infinite scroll weaponizes dopamine 12:00 - Headlines vs. what the research actually says 14:30 - Why it feels broken if it isn't 16:45 - Outro This podcast episode was fully generated by AI — research, script, voices, and production. Built with Claude, Piper TTS, and automated pipeline tooling.