In our day and age it is possible to communicate with anyone and everyone through the use of television, radio, and even the internet. Its amazing to know that this is possible. Its a wonder why we still get mail in its original form. As it stated in our book in this section, the book may have extended the eye, electronic circutry extended our central nervous system.
When we come home from work, or at school doing homework while listening to music, or writing an e-mail while surfing the web and instant messaging, our brain is in constant connection to all of these sources. The way we process this is probably a significant achievment in our psychological tolerance. I'm writing this blog, while watching tv and also instant messaging on AIM.
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I think its very interesting how technology allows us to do so many things at once. Like you mentioned, we can do homework online, while listening to music online. We can have more than one "window" open on the Internet and send out email from one window and play a game on the other video. All of this multi tasking increases efficiency as time is saved by being able to do everything using one medium - the good old Internet. Without it, we would have to rely on so many different devices (pen and paper to do your homework, the radio to listen to music, and a game system to play a video game). Now, we can do all at the same time and get things done in a much quicker way.
Molly McMuffin
As I wrote about on someone else's blog, I'm working on a small group communication book in which my coauthor and I talk about the pervasive communication environment--the idea that we can communicate anytime, anywhere, with anyone. In addition, we can access information 24/7. Although the pervasive communication environment doesn't cover every aspect of the globe, it does reach some surprising places.
The multitasking you blogged about, tho, doesn't seem to be possible, at least in terms of our current brain development. What happens when people think they're multitasking is they're actually switching from one task to another, which is inefficient because they lose time when they make the switch.
Each progression through the ages has been amazing. We must not forget that we would not have one without the other. I think our current age has made us extremely good at multi-tasking. As you said, we can do multiple things at once. I can be blogging, watching tv, texting, and on AIM and downloading songs to my ipod. As a society, this should make us more efficient. On the other hand, with our focus on so many different things, it could get hectic! While we may think we are more efficient, we are actually not giving each task 100% of our attention. Could this be a problem? Of course. But that's just a part of our Faustian bargain!
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