"More Better Faster!": How Our Spastic Digital Culture Scrambles Our Brains


	"More Better Faster!": How Our Spastic Digital Culture Scrambles Our Brains

JICWyllie

6-30-2009 6:08 AM

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1-behaviour, 1-innovation, 1-technology, 2-consequences, 2-risks, 2-trend, 3-critique, 4-intl

JICWyllie says:

The work of Open Intelligence is to provide another form of reflection: giving back time for people to think by helping to make sense of the information overload.

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