more is less

colorful collage based on IP address
artwork: aphid

Ever feel like you have constant ADD? Well it seems that increasingly, our generation suffers from what has been termed infomania. Can’t go more than 10 minutes without checking your email or myspace or text messages? Well then you’re not alone.

Infomania has been loosely defined as “the urge to check email, text messaging and other sources of information, which causes the person showing symptoms to neglect other, often more important things.” Basically, we just can’t sit down and enjoy ourselves anymore. We need to be constantly online, constantly ahead of the game, constantly connected.

Apparently our ever-multitasking lifestyles can have quite a deleterious effect. Recent studies have shown that infomania can lower one’s IQ twice as much as — yup, you got it — weed. Some people say that we can fight back against the loss of concentration caused by the constant electronic interruptions we experience. But I’m not so sure…

As good ol’ Adonis would say, too far gone, and no way back.

Harada & Hess - Nylon Dreams

Adonis - No Way Back

 
 

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Published:
by e / 02.24.07 / 9pm
Category:
alt, neu, taping