Research from Microsoft has found that the average attention span is down to 8 seconds from 12 over the past five years.
You now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish (9 seconds). 
Discussion
One thing this may not take into account is the amount of information absorbed in that 8second time frame.
Are we processing information faster?
Eh?
As I know goldfish has 3-4 seconds only. 9 secs is a very "smart" goldfish
This reminds me I need to switch to Linux.