Technology increasingly undermines focus

I highly recommend reading today’s New York Times article, “Growing up digital, Wired for distraction.” One’s level of focus in pivotal to high performance. Ironically, with new technology, we can actually see these changes in focus within the brain created by overuse of technology. Bottom line is that we all need breaks from technology and recovery time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/technology/21brain.html?_r=1&emc=eta1