Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen | Psychology | The Guardian
The author brings up some interesting observations, but he exhibits a bit of generational technological Luddism too. The science is still out on a lot of his claims, but he did have the courtesy to bring that up in the article, much to his credit. The brain may be more adaptable to change than the 'experts' might lead us to believe. That is what brains do. There is no doubt in my mind that youth of today are being wired differently from exposure to the technology. It is neither good nor bad, it just is. It always makes me a little nervous when people start talking about censoring technology and communication for 'the good of humanity'. It won't work anyway. Whatever humans invent, they use.
I sold real estate in the city with the largest concentration of Arabs in the USA. Many of the old-time agents would not work with them. Arabs drove a hard bargain. I was forced to, as I was a newcomer to the city and had no 'sphere of influence', as they like to say in real estate. I actually melded great with their style of business, made many connections, and did very well courting them. They had money, were smart, and came to the party ready to deal. I also had many conversations with them about the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East. There was a reason they were now living in Detroit. The major lesson I came away with was there was no clear cut right and wrong in the Middle East. I see the FB posts all day taking partisan sides as usual, from the safety of a padded office chair sitting in front of a computer. The usual mass media suspects are also lining up with their patented brands of distorted, one-sided propaganda of either 'Jew bad/Arab good' or '
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