Here I am, sitting outside the Central Library along Bras Basah Road, taking a rest while the sound of the city hums in the background. A fire alarm goes off and pierces my consciousness, but nobody around me seems to react to it.
I realize the sensorial overload that city dwellers are subjected to on a daily basis. It's not a wonder that our senses become blunt. Having to handle the assault on the brain does not allow children to develop any kind of meaningful attention span.
Back in the benign 80s and early 90s, the ability to multi-task was lauded in schools and by parents looking to give their kids an edge over others. And not being able to do so was taken as a character flaw.
Is it any wonder that a generation of Singaporeans was raised with attention deficit?
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