| Number | 24210 |
| Subject | Technology |
| Source | Prometheus Books (New York, N.Y.) |
| State | NY |
| Year | 2008 |
| Publication Date | 06/01/2008 |
| Summary | Distracted explores the steep societal and individual costs to our split-focus, hyper-mobile, cyber-centric lives. In our "knowledge" economy, the average worker switches tasks every three minutes on average, and a third of workers say they are so interrupted and busy that they don't have time to reflect on the work they do. We eat on the run, keep one eye on a gadget, and process the world in snippets. It's rare to pay attention to anyone or anything in full or for long. In this climate of diffused and splintered attention, workers, parents and children alike have less time to reflect, create and connect." |
| Category | Contest Entry |
| Pages | 327 |
| Keywords | distracted; multitask; society; switch; busy; technology, tasking; |
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