" Never in history has the human brain been asked to track so many data points. Everywhere, people rely on their cell phones, e-mail, and digital assistants in the race to gather and transmit data, plans, and ideas faster and faster. One could argue that the chief value of the modern era is speed, which the novelist Milan Kundera described as “the form of ecstasy that technology has bestowed upon modern man. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")