Computers allow us multi-tasking. This function is surely the arch-criminal of our attentional problems.
Chatting with friends on MSN messenger, listening my favorite mp3s on WMP, keeping updated with my friends at Facebook, checking emails at another tab… This is so typical, huh? While it is very convenient for us, it may affect our ability to focus and pay attention, especially the younger generation.
Occasionally, I would come across with articles which link digital media to ADHA (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). They tell me that environmental and social factors may contribute to, or exacerbate ADHD, in addition to genetics.
No matter how, in my point of view, when people get used to something, the something will become their habits or usual practices, so that they will do that very spontaneously. Just like when we’re accustomed to shifting our focus from one thing to another in no time on computers, we will behave the same when we leave for the real world.
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