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Driven to Distraction by Technology

Ant writes "CNET News.com says 'The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for the brains to get into a really creative state. The result, says Carl Honore, journalist and author of "In Praise of Slowness," is a situation where the digital communications that were supposed to make working lives run more smoothly are actually preventing people from getting critical tasks accomplished.'"

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  1. Re:Nuke Mecca! by muttoj · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't you have something better to do mr. President?

  2. Thank good for Sesame Street by robertjw · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Due to all of the quality children's programming watched while I was a child, I have the attention span of a gnat anyway.