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POPSInformation age leaves our heads full of facts but empty of ideas INFORMATION Overload – what it is and how to get rid of it: • The high volume of information coming from sources such as the internet, 24-hour television and blogs has led to complaints of "information overload". While this sounds like a new phenomenon, the term was first used in 1970 by Alvin Toffler, an author, who warned that the human brain did not have the capacity to take in, interpret and store increasingly large volumes of information. • More recently, a psychiatrist at King's College London found that information overload can harm concentration just as much as marijuana, with men twice as likely to be distracted as women. • Research found information overload can reduce a person's ability to focus just as much as losing a night's sleep. • Psychologists who study visual processing and decision-making have shown the brain can cope with only about five messages at any one time.
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POPSAnd That's The Way It Is "Truthfulness and accuracy have little pull at all anymore; only the most fantastical, the most horrible, and the most simplified are served up for public consumption.And we eat it, and eat it greedily, until we’ve become obese in mind and scared in spirit."
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POPSTV impairs speech development in young children More: It's the seventh study to suggest that TV hurts children's language development, Strasburger says. A March report from Harvard Medical School found that watching TV neither helped nor harmed children's language skills. Though Christakis acknowledges that there is still some debate about whether watching television is harmful, he says there's no evidence to show that it's helpful. That's why the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no TV for babies under age 2. "We need to avoid parking babies in front of screens," Strasburger says. "Parents need to realize they need to be the primary entertainment for their babies. Parents are movie stars when their kids are babies. It doesn't last long."
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POPSPat Robertson, this nut should be shunned I think we have heard enough from this creep. He should be shunned from the public square and these networks should stop putting him on television. He is vile hypocrite and bible thumping con-man.
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POPSThe Visionaries To see when Visionaries will be airing on public television in your area, click http://www.pubtv.net/online/visionaries/air_times.CFM. This link will open up a new browser window with information about when and where Visionaries is broadcast.
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POPSMoms are ditching TV news for the web Tapping into the stream of news on the web is so addictive. With every click you play out a completely personalized discovery experience. Want less blood and more photos of cute kittens? You're in charge.
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