Summary Of Sam Anderson's In Defense Of Distraction

Alina Tugend is a writer and columnist for the Business section of the New York Times. She has also had articles featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic, and Family Circle. In two-thousand and eight, Tugend published an article in the New York Times titled, “Multitasking Can Make You Lose... Um...Focus.” In this article, Tugend spends time talking about different types of research and their impact on today’s society to be able to multitask, when instead they should be focusing on one single task at a time.

They argue that the way they’re thinking is changing, how their “concentration… starts to drift after two or three pages” and that modern technology doesn’t push them to commit to a certain informational source long enough because “research… can now be done in minutes” (Source 4). The internet seems to have all the answers, which generally shortens the time needed to spend on an activity thus limits the room to think critically. And in this case, not only does it ruin our contemplation but also our concentration and patience because we expect the internet to feed us information. However, this is not all true because the “digital world lowers barriers to self-directed learning” (Source 3). There are many “new forms of media” people can explore with and use to carry out their interests, and they become more involved with their peers when they can learn from each other.

In “Does the Internet Make You Dumber？”，Nicholas Carr come up with a suspect whether the internet will make people become foolish. In other words, internet give us the privilege to get much information, and because of this, people may be distracting from continuous interruption. In the whole passage, author Carr uses several examples to illustrate several opinions that states in the reading. The first opinion is people who use electronic way to get the information can be distracted easier than those who get information in the traditional way. The example reading use to illustrate the point is from Patricia Greenfield, a psychologist.

This is why technology is a resource that must be used as an advantage, not taken away to stop distraction. Yes, technology can be a distraction, but that doesn’t mean that the entirety of the world’s population revolves around a television. There is so much more to technology than just earbuds and television. This past year of 2014 many new technologies and innovations have been unveiled; computer chips that think like human brains, underwater turbines powered to create green energy, and

Tony Schwartz wrote an article called “ Addicted to Distraction” on November 28, 2016 to inform the readers about how the internet is a distraction and how distractions can affect your life. One of the main points in this article is that people use the internet for non important things. Another point is stated in paragraph 14, “ The problem is that we humans have a very limited reservoir of will and discipline.” Through out the article, Shwartz did not only write the article to only talk about his own addiction, he also wrote it to where the readers can relate to it and to compare it to their very own distraction.

I have chosen to do the stop distractions challenge. The stop distractions challenge I chose, because I feel I need to improve on my time management and cut back some of my time zappers. My distractions are T.V, Cell phone use is a huge time zapper and web surfing are my three major distractions. Using a log to track the amount of time I spend on my distractions would help me to determine what time of the day I will set for myself to get on my phone or watch T.V. having only 2 hours to give to each distraction per week will be the hardest part of the challenge, but I intend to budget wisely. I hope to gain back a lot of free time after completing this challenge, which will allow me more time to study and complete other daily tasks. My overall

One characteristic of American culture trough out the years, has been its affinity for diverse weaponry, particularly guns. However, many do not realize that America’s relationship with guns is engraved into the very frames upon which the country was established. In the eightieth century, as a means for hunting and self-conservation during the American Revolutionary War and the American Indian War, it was established with the enactment of the American Constitution that “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”, also known as the Second Amendment. (Constitution)

On the other hand, Harvard experimental cognitive psychologist Dr. Pinker in his essay “Mind Over Mass Media” addresses the same issue, technology as a deterrent to concentration, but has a very different outlook. Although Dr. Pinker acknowledges that technology can be a distraction, he chooses to provide logical (albeit condescending) strategies to overcome the distractions rather than going into theatrics. Dr. Pinker states, “The solution is not to bemoan technology but to develop strategies of self-control, as we do with every other temptation in life. Turn off email or twitter when you work, put away your Blackberry at dinner time, ask your spouse to call you to bed at a designated hour” (Pinker par. 9). Essentially, Pinker asserts that if one takes simple preventative measures, there is no reason to believe technological distractions will hinder the mind.

Tom Vanderbilt, author of “Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What it Says About us)” claims that text messaging while driving, or “distracted driving” is comparable to drunk driving in the 1950s. He says “The Science is clear, the laws were becoming clearer, but the culture against drunken driving hadn’t manifested” (Politico). I agree with Vanderbilt; it’s clear that distracted driving puts drivers and passengers at significant risk, yet laws are only now starting to appear concerning the issue, and it’s not yet culturally unacceptable.

Undeniably Carr is right in his notions of the internet being an easy distraction; multi-tasking and prioritising are learnt skills and

All states should enforce laws prohibiting distracted driving by understanding the risk factors, and the effects of distracted driving.

Lauren Shinozuka wrote “The Dangers of Digital Distractedness” for a class assignment. She is a college student that lives in the world of technology and internet. Her idea to address how dependent the world has become on technology without even realizing it. Lead her to her own evaluation of her life and how technology has changed how she deals and interacts with people.

In the article “Addicted to Distraction” by Tony Schwartz, he argues that the internet has a relentless pull on humans. He goes into detail on how the internet interrupts all daily activity. Schwartz also explains how he is also a victim to the internet and how he is overcoming the overuse of it. The internet does have a grasp on the attention of humans. People willingly give up their primary focus and activities just to check their devices. People are imprisoned to the internet and don’t even realize that it is leading to a deterioration of their learning ability.

Using the internet for so long has made us addicted, and we constantly rely on it. If you are doing a simple task, such as reading a book, it is a lot harder to concentrate because of the distraction that comes with the Net. Carr’s take on this is

William Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwrights of Elizabethan dramatist and possibly of all time. He is known as the world’s greatest playwrights because of his unique style of writing. His works were used as a form of entertainment to escape the reality for the rich and poor. His plays appealed to the masses and survived the hands of time, but little is known about man who wrote so beautifully because his life remains a mystery. In this paper I will discuss who William Shakespeare was, why there are allegations against him, and who could have written his plays.