intuitive answer: yes!

reasoning: harder to focus on one thing at a time.
- TLDR; frequent context switching to ensure the constant or increasing flow of dopamine.
- it doesn't matter if I am consuming low or high-quality dopamine (low: watching reaction videos, high: working on a side project; ~~subjective to your life philosophy~~).
- if I find a higher dopamine source I'll do the context switch (consciously ignoring any procrastination cue).
- case study: me working on a side project
  - focus time: setup git repo; open and skim through required documentation, reference project, vi editor; initial boilerplate code; push an initial commit. (~30mins, feel: I started something, deserve a break now)
  - interval time: twitter; skim through some articles; check IG, whatsapp (continually trying to maintain or increase the dopamine levels)
    - maybe let’s go back to work? YES! but let’s get some coffee first.
    - makes coffee; more twitter; some IG; etc (~25mins, feel: productivity degradation, should work now)
  - hence this cycle keeps on going until the focus time ceases to exist.
  - causes behind this degradation of focus time:
    - relatively easy dopamine source available elsewhere (thanks to digital age corporations optimizing for maximum engagements because of their advertisement business model)
    - emotional brain triumph over the logical brain (instant gratification)
- other examples:
  - reading youtube comments while watching the video.
  - using multiple apps on multiple devices at once.
  - continually switching between apps to ensure a constant flow of dopamine rush.
  - the exponential growth of interval time leading to degradation of focus time.
  - conscious ignorance of procrastination cues.

a common counter-argument that I've noticed recently:

"People don't have shorter attention span". they finish 3 hour Joe Rogan episodes, they binge 14 hours shows.
- essentially alluding to the point that a provider must guarantee and convince its consumer in the starting few minutes of consumption that they'll receive ever-increasing levels of dopamine.
IMO, although this point does make sense but is limited to easy or passive material.
one could consume a high-quality engaging material on microservice architecture but unless they have built such a system themselves it will never transfer as a skill (even psychologically).
and the only way to actively do something is by embracing delayed gratification and triumphing over the procrastination cues.

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