As a consultant who specializes in finding space for busy people, I seem to be one of the few people noticing that the space between our sentences in this ‘information age’ has shrunk! Not only are we absorbing more information, now our method for that absorption has become more challenging. With the advent of texting and Twitter, we have decreased the number of printed characters to get our message across quick enough to fit into the confines of the texting format. And, that also means less space between sentences, for our brains to absorb the information. With messages that are as short as 140-160 characters, this lack of space is not such a big deal. We can rather easily consume short bursts of information, with little extra effort. But the practice of single spacing between sentences has become the norm for all writing. So now a lengthy document is a mass of words with very little space to absorb the message. I’ve noticed that I tend to create more paragraphs, when I write, to ease the burden on the reader. And when I’m the reader and I am under greater time constraints or simply have too much on my mind, I don’t even try to read much at all. If I am forced to read during time-constrained moments, I often get a headache or simply tune out the message, in a sort of brain fog. Have you noticed the difference? Like so many changes, this one is subtle. Without a practiced eye, you might not even know it ever happened. As I wrote this post, I used the old-fashioned double spacing between sentences and had two paragraphs.  I was going to ask if it was any easier to read or is the difference too subtle. What I discovered when I published the post, is that Wordpress (and probably most blog sites) uses spread formatting so there is plenty of space between words. I would be interested to know your thoughts regarding other printed material and the lack of space anyway… and your age.  I have a theory that younger readers, with youthful eyes will laugh at this post (or ignore it all together!) but those of us, who have leaped a few age benchmarks, have more experience on this subject and long for more space.