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Life Interrupted

sch7572 writes "Seattle Times carried this story which may be of interest to those addicted to checking Slashdot for new stories every minute. Scientists are concerned that the Information Age is nurturing 'cognitive overload,' an umbrella term for the malaise people feel as a result of distraction, stress, multitasking, and data congestion related to increasingly sophisticated technologies. People multitask because it is expected, encouraged, and considered vital, yet cognitive scientist David Meyer reports that truly effective multitasking is beyond people's capabilities."

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  1. Re:RTFA (You Are A Crack Addict) by mOoZik · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No offense, but you're a dumbass. You're making incorrect assumptions about me based only on my post, on article (which I doubt you read), and very poor English. I'm glad there are very few examples of your kind of uninformed people here on Slashdot.