A long time ago, we made a decision that we wanted our computers to be multitasking, message-streaming, multimedia interruption machines, and I don't see any indication that we're going to reverse that decision. ![]() ![]() There are already a lot of PC applications designed to promote focus by disabling multitasking or networkinglike Freedom for the Macbut very few people use them, so far as I can tell. Nicholas Carr: I think that new information technologies could, in theory, help to promote attentiveness and deep thinking, countering the effects of the networked computer as it's currently designed and used. Do you see "switching off" as the only practical antidote, or can you envision a role for technology in trying to ameliorate these effects? ![]() Alex Wright: In your book, you argue that the Internet has lured many of us into a state of constant distraction that is degrading our capacity for deep thinking and reflection.
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