Alex William's piece which appeared in the New York Times over the weekend is well worth a read.
Entitled-Overfeeding on Information
He describes an
explosion of information technology, when combined with an unusual confluence of dramatic — and ongoing — news events, has led many people to conclude that they have given their lives over to a news obsession. They find themselves taking breaks at work every 15 minutes to check the latest updates, and at the end of the day, taking laptops to bed. Then they pad through darkened homes in the predawn to check on the Asian markets.
And I take the point.Yes in these bleak financial times it is difficult not to keep checking the latest financial movements and information technology has given us access to multiple mediums at an inexpensive cost.But is it taken over our lives?
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