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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: September 03, 2002 Why do cell phones make us stupid? (MSNBC) -- "The ability to focus on the moment is vanishing, along with the ability to conduct a meaningful conversation, Nancy pointed out. Discussions are becoming more like MTV edits, she said — moving quickly from one subject to a next, never really dwelling on one idea for very long. Empty calories for the mind."
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I think this article is also a timely reminder of the limited capacity of our information processing channels. It is a peculiar human quirk that we can only focus on one thing at a time - we may be able to rapidly switch attention, but why we are attending we miss everything else. Posted by: sherlock_yoda on September 4, 2002 07:33 AM
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