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Sorin Adam Matei

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Are We Getting Obese on Information?

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“Here’s the nagging problem with online reading: “When you’re at a computer, your hands are always on the controls.” When perusing an interesting piece of writing “you can always click away to check email or switch to another application, ready to do the next thing.” This idea, explains Marco Arment to Wired’s Tim Carmody, helps clarify why we have an information obesity epidemic. Just like with food, we have so many different choices that “we don’t know how to control ourselves” and end up splurging on a little bit of everything, taking in far more than we really need.”

GOOD QUESTION!: Are We Getting Obese on Information? – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Are-We-Getting-Obese-on-Information-2279

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