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Q: Technology mediates attention.  Sometimes it focuses, but more often it splits attention.  (I’d rarely read 10 books at a time but I often have a dozen or more tabbed webpages open) What are the positive and negative effects of this fragmentation of attention?  What are some other examples?

A: I also tend to have more than one webpages open at a time because I am used to multitasking in that way.  I think this fragmented attention is positive because I can accomplish more things in a shorter amount of time.  The only negative I have experienced is the fact that I get frustrated and bored when I’m in a situation where I’m not allowed to multitask in this way.