Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime 222
siliconbits writes with an excerpt from NY Times: "Technology makes the tiniest windows of time entertaining, and potentially productive. But scientists point to an unanticipated side effect: when people keep their brains busy with digital input, they are forfeiting downtime that could allow them to better learn and remember information, or come up with new ideas."
oh rly? (Score:5, Funny)
Why do you think I run Windows? ::rimshot::
tl;dr (Score:5, Funny)
NPR had a long thing on this the other day. Supposedly it kills our attention span. Or something, tl;dl.
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
I'd be fine (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Instant distractions (Score:2, Funny)
This is the very reason I don't have a cell phone
I met a gentleman last night who recently purchased a Droid phone and claimed that it's the first mobile phone that he's ever owned. When I asked him why he didn't own one before, he responded:
"I thought cell phones were only useful for buying drugs."
I think he also has a 5-digit slashdot user id
No surprice (Score:0, Funny)
[Prof] Good news everyone! This news must come as NO surprise at all so it might surprise that this is news!
[Fry] I'm confused, should I be surprised I'm not surprised?
[Prof] Stop taking up my brain uptime, you fool!! And stop talking in this strangly slightly annoying yet entertaining stereotypical voice.
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
We're not capable of being creative enough to think of original jokes.
Re:Instant distractions (Score:5, Funny)
*People ask how can you manage that - I tell them it's a little secret called forethought or planning.
I usually tell them it's a little secret called "no friends".
Re:Instant distractions (Score:5, Funny)
"I thought cell phones were only useful for buying drugs."
There's an app for that.
Re:I take several short naps a day (Score:5, Funny)
I once heard a tale of someone who when faced with a boss who demanded updates every 15 minutes on what he was doing wrote a script which strung together meaningless management buzzwords in a vaguely sensible format and emailed them to his boss every 15 minutes.
a few weeks later he gets an award for being a team player and keeping his boss in the loop.
It's not like the boss ever reads them after the first day.
Re:oh rly? (Score:2, Funny)
Let me check my brains uptime ... 36 hours, needs a reboot.
Re:I take several short naps a day (Score:4, Funny)
Time spent in the bathroom? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Going for a run or a ride... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Please (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Please (Score:2, Funny)
So....that would be IKEA? :)
I never trusted those swedish bastards! Curse them and their delicious meatballs!
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
Why spend all that time and energy creating new jokes when recycled jokes is so much more efficient? Think green, dammit!
People often overlook the horrible environmental effects of joke pollution. Re-using old jokes instead of letting them just litter our society could reduce that significantly, and also save many old comedians from complete extinction.
Won't someone please think of the old comedians?!
I re-use old jokes all the time. Just ask my wife. She'll tell you all about it. At length, apparently.
Re:Instant distractions (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I take several short naps a day (Score:3, Funny)
That's because his boss also had a script, which tested the updates to see if they included meaningless management buzzwords in a vaguely sensible format.