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If it has, it has only been a recent phenomenon. Hell, the need for a large portion of the population to concentrate for a long period of time is a recent development.
Attention spans are only really an issue where attention was economically valuable.
I don't think this is so much about concentration. It is about tolerance of not being stimulated. It's about how strongly people are driven to seek stimulation when they aren't feeling sufficiently stimulated.