"Kord Campbell sits at his desk as he views 3 monitors, a laptop, iPad and an iPhone. Scientists say heavy multitasking can change how people think and behave."
"SAN FRANCISCO – When one of the most important e-mail messages of his life landed in his in-box a few years ago, Kord Campbell overlooked it.
Not just for a day or two, but 12 days. He finally saw it while sifting through old messages: A big company wanted to buy his Internet start-up.
The message had slipped by him amid an electronic flood: two computer screens alive with e-mail, instant messages, online chats, a Web browser and the computer code he was writing.
While he managed to salvage the $1.3 million deal after apologizing to his suitor, Campbell continues to struggle with the effects of the deluge of data. Even after he unplugs, he craves the stimulation he gets from his electronic gadgets. He forgets things like dinner plans, and he has trouble focusing on his family" (The Observer).
In an article published in The Observer it tells the story of a man who is overly attached to his technology and who is constantly multitasking between his various devices. Scientist believe that because his mind is constantly multitasking he his unable to filter what is important information. Even without the technology his brain is unable to keep constant concentration. His wife, Brenda, complains, “It seems like he can no longer be fully in the moment.” Humans have become too overly attached to devices and feel ultimately lost without them. Because humans are constantly plugged into machine are race is becoming more robotic.
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