unmediated: "Attention Deficit Trait" caused by the technologies of constant interruption

"Clive Thompson via Techdirt has a fascinating post on Attention Deficit Trait, a related sydrome to Attention Deficit Disorder, according to Dr. Edward Hallowell.

'It has basically the symptoms as ADD -- such as an inability to concentrate on one task at at time -- except it's context dependent.

ADT is caused by the technologies of constant interruption in the modern workplace and the modern home, such as email, instant messaging, SMSes, mobile phones, and endless meetings (or endless preplanned children's sports).

The thing that makes the two conditions different, he says, is that ADD seems to be hardwired, while ADT goes away when you're on vacation or in a relaxing, non-hyper-stimulated place.' "

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Don't give the Luddites any more excuses to smash the machines down, h'okay? Ok, I'm bored, back to flipping through hundreds of RSS feeds, listening to music and watching CNN all at once.

(ADD'd from eyebeam)
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