Gary Shteyngart on attention spans:&nbsp;&quot;Sometimes technology outpaces humanity&amp;#8217;s ability to process it. I think that&amp;#8217;s where we are right now. My mind has been sliced and diced in so many ways. There&amp;#8217;s so many packets of information coming at me, especially in a city like New York, which is so dense with information no matter where you go. &amp;#8230; It&amp;#8217;s just shocking: how is literature supposed to survive when our brain has been pummeled with information all day long at work &mdash; if we&amp;#8217;re white collar workers. When we go home, are we really going to open a thick text with 350 pages and try to waddle through it?&quot;