According to research, goldfish now officially have longer attention spans than humans. But is it really that simple? Canvas8 sits down with Faris Yakob, author ofPaid Attention: Innovative Advertising for a Digital Worldto discuss how human attention is changing and why it’s so important.

With wood-panelled walls and cold-press juices, Leap’s buses have been criticised for contributing to San Francisco’s rising inequality. Elitism aside, bus travel may be key to bringing efficiency and equality to our expanding cities, and Leap is just one of many pioneering transport services.

We’re losing focus on the present. We spend 47% of our time thinking about something other than what we’re actually doing. In the UK, US and Australia, fuelled by the desire to slow down and appreciate the moment, mindfulness – which can reduce anxiety by 70% – is now the antidote to busy city lifestyles.

It’s a common conception that our love for cars will simply increase until – in a WALL-E-esque dystopia – we remain permanently lodged in our vehicles, massively overweight and incapable of movement. But, in a surprising development, new statistics show that Americans are actually walking more.