tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post6248032197997643868..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Short Attention Spans?bibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1873250864988991872008-09-28T10:58:00.000+08:002008-09-28T10:58:00.000+08:00I just read an article by a psychologist that talk...I just read an article by a psychologist that talked about the neurological changes that come from too much exposure to "electronica" (video games email etc. I assume) and how that disolves one's capacity for boredom. It goes on to say that boredom, much as we loath it, is critical for empathy and social relations. Very interesting--the author is Dr Adam Cox and I get his newsletter via email but he posts them on his webssite eventually.<BR/><BR/>I had also read the Atlantic article but if you were interested in that you should definitely hunt up Dr. Cox's observations as it was spot-on. You can google him. I'm so relieved when I see people reading, feel like there are kindred spirits. When my children were small I couldn't get through more than a magazine before I fell asleep but now they are in school I have been reading again and do feel a bit smarter! But some days I surf the internet pointlessly then wonder why I did it. (Though one finds things like this.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-82237374387438109772008-09-26T11:43:00.000+08:002008-09-26T11:43:00.000+08:00live _in_ caves... I wonder if I can get Bib to ed...live _in_ caves... I wonder if I can get Bib to edit my posts lol :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-64158641923985275092008-09-25T22:44:00.000+08:002008-09-25T22:44:00.000+08:00Modern life always makes people "more stupid". We ...Modern life always makes people "more stupid". We used to be able to hunt animals armed with sharpened sticks. We used to be able to live with caves. We used to be able to make fire with sticks and vines. <BR/><BR/>And now we can do none of these things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-62183306879779705572008-09-24T22:31:00.000+08:002008-09-24T22:31:00.000+08:00I completely agree with Carr's article. It makes m...I completely agree with Carr's article. It makes me immensely depressed because it's either a) I'm getting older and I'm getting softer, not just all over my body but in my head, too or b) the Internet is making me flighty and ditzy. But the thing is, I can't concentrate on a book the way I used to. <BR/><BR/>HOWEVER, when I was laid up at home with the chickenpox sometime last year and got plain sick of the computer, I was devouring books like I used to when I was a kid. Not just devouring, but losing myself in them - when I stayed away from the internet long enough, that is. <BR/><BR/>I don't know what to, even right now I'm trying to write this comment and download a song and read an album review on Pitchfork and read an article at The Nut Graph all at once. Help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-48489770830572022172008-09-24T09:27:00.000+08:002008-09-24T09:27:00.000+08:00For me it depends on how much the book draws me in...For me it depends on how much the book draws me in, I guess. I finished a book at a stretch yesterday.<BR/><BR/>Now that I think back, though, I was away from my mac all of yesterday, first in a car, then a flight, then in a room without internet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-45558186895485708482008-09-23T18:26:00.000+08:002008-09-23T18:26:00.000+08:00There are more books to read now, too. - PPDDThere are more books to read now, too. <BR/><BR/>- PPDDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-5430917622171965092008-09-23T15:11:00.000+08:002008-09-23T15:11:00.000+08:00Can't even get past Sharon's articles.What to do l...Can't even get past Sharon's articles.<BR/><BR/>What to do laah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-85273556915418915612008-09-23T13:02:00.000+08:002008-09-23T13:02:00.000+08:00Oh yes. I should be writing but am more interested...Oh yes. I should be writing but am more interested in political developments through the net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-57887422345238634092008-09-23T12:37:00.000+08:002008-09-23T12:37:00.000+08:00Hey Sharon - I used to look forward to thick tomes...Hey Sharon - I used to look forward to thick tomes and getting lost in them was not a problem at all. Now, I look at books thicker than 300 pages and wonder if I would ever get through the whole thing. My attention span is definitely shorter - and it takes more effort to stick through a book to the end. It all depends on how good the narrative is, I suppose. It's not a good development, no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com