Making Toast
Just finished reading the book “Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age” by Maggie Jackson, in which she warns of “an institutionalized culture of interruption, when your time is taken by a never-ending stream of phone calls, e-mails, instant messages, text messages, and tweets.” — rendering the afflicted incapable of deep thought, creativity or peace of mind…
People have given up their souls to this stuff (just saw in a news article where a high school teen said: I would DIE if I had to go to school without my cell phone), as if, because you own a car, you must be in it driving somewhere 24/7, non-stop, endlessly. Or because you own a toaster you must stand there making toast every minute you are awake…
If you can make the time, it’s a good read…David