tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post1564355254717191155..comments2024-02-18T10:25:18.117-05:00Comments on The Kenilworthian: Waitzkin on the "Multitasking Virus"Michael Goellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512012158305281566noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-77537272515701137932023-06-13T08:58:50.389-04:002023-06-13T08:58:50.389-04:00Thank you for sharing amazing knowledge with us, k...Thank you for sharing amazing knowledge with us, keep writing !<br /><a href="https://homeprivilez.com" rel="nofollow">Stainless steel cooking utensils</a>parveen Singhhttps://homeprivilez.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-70613089910040368732008-06-08T23:40:00.000-04:002008-06-08T23:40:00.000-04:00Josh is really onto something here, and the phemom...Josh is really onto something here, and the phemomenon needs more thought and attention. The examples he cites--such as ordering shoes online while an eminent scholar describes to you in detail a horrible massacre--illustrate what the diffusion of attention robs us of with regard to experience, empathy, and understanding. Yet the ability to juggle tasks is so often touted as commendable in a world where there is too much to do and never enough time to do it. <BR/><BR/>Considering how many teenagers admit to texting while driving suggests that our multitasking mania is also dangerous. There has to be a better way.<BR/><BR/>BTW, compare Josh's account of his return to the classroom with this:<BR/><BR/>"<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o" REL="nofollow">A Vision of Students Today</A>"Tom Panelashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043077227993571019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844144.post-6885093302815483012008-06-07T16:18:00.000-04:002008-06-07T16:18:00.000-04:00Great article, well worth reading!. I myself suffe...Great article, well worth reading!. I myself suffer from a lack of focused attention. I am so used to looking at a thousand different things at once online, and being fed 30 seconds snippets on Youtube, that I seem to have lost the ability to stay focused for more than 5 minutes. Immersion has become increasingly difficult, and superficiality is definitely what I experience in my own acquiring of knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com