>...I see similarities between the common attention failures that humans make. I forgot this one thing and it fucks everything up, or you just told me but I have too much in my mind as context that I forget that piece

Or you're working in a trendy, modern open-plan office and between the noise from the salespeople nearby talking loudly to customers on their speakerphones, some coworkers talking about their medical issues, and the guy right next to you talking loudly to himself in a different language, you're unable to concentrate at all on your programming task.