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" Online research gives us information faster but it doesn’t last as long. The more we multitask, switching as frequently as every nineteen seconds between diverse sources of information and entertainment, the less capacity we develop to pay and hold attention.17 As scans reveal the physical changes this activity imposes on our brains, the downside of neuroplasticity becomes visible: all the gestational work of artists slips from our grasp. "

Margaret Heffernan , Uncharted: How to Map the Future


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Margaret Heffernan quote : Online research gives us information faster but it doesn’t last as long. The more we multitask, switching as frequently as every nineteen seconds between diverse sources of information and entertainment, the less capacity we develop to pay and hold attention.17 As scans reveal the physical changes this activity imposes on our brains, the downside of neuroplasticity becomes visible: all the gestational work of artists slips from our grasp.