Writing about: http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay51.htm

There isn’t a single great work in the history of civilization, no novel, symphony, film, or song that was completed as a 1/5th time-slice between e-mail, IM, cellphones and television.

(_via_ John Dale)

Well put, and so true. I know that when I want to really get on with the thesis, I quit the browsers, Set my messengers to Busy and actually really don’t talk to anyone who ignores that. Some things can be multitasked, most can’t. Or rather, can with a timeslice of > 1 h :-)

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