The web is keeping people from ever actually finishing anything on the web. The format of a website is not conducive to reading. The ability to click and browse from page to page from site to site is something that kills out attention span.

There is no reason to actually read a whole paragraph any more, time is money and the more you know how to skim and speed read the more you will be able to produce and ‘look’ like   your comprehending.

WebPages make short cuts, lists, and brightly colored links to grab your attention, not to mention you are pretty much looking at bright flat light bulb like frame, which seems to be worse for your vision then television. It’s a clicking induced TV, that can take you to every channel you want and although they are called ‘WebPages’ there more like web pictures or web shots.

Also the internet is putting summaries, online versions, and web forums of classic literature, and classic text that no longer has to be read from cover to cover but rather, just understood well enough by the limited online information. People are expected to have a general understanding of a lot of different subjects, and what better way than to use the web and its easy access format to be a tool to gain more information in less time.