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A Constant Barrage Of Agonising Digital Noise: Is Your Life Like This?

What better occasion than National UnFriend Day to reflect on the dump truck of digital noise poured on us daily? It’s worse than phony friends. Updates! Likes! Retweets! Do you feel frazzled? This well-executed video sums it up disconcertingly well.


August 26, 2010
Science

Inescapable Technology Is Beating Up Our Brains

Is taking out your iPad during dinner conversation even rude anymore? Is it normal to get nervous with distraction-free minutes? I just glanced at my phone while typing this. The NY Times explores our tech-addled brains, and how it’s hurting.