We were ahead of the curve in getting our attentions spans hijacked.... and yet most of us work in fields where we must maintain attention for long periods of time?

Maybe, just maybe, it's possible to integrate technology into one's life without it being detrimental?

Also those examples don't really paint the picture you think it does. Currently, I have about 200 browser tabs open, Sublime Text, several games, Docker containers, and a bunch of other stuff.

That doesn't mean I'm doing all those things at once, or within a very short period of time.