Is the endless data stream eroding our attention spans?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/is-the-endless-data-stream-eroding-our-attention-spans.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

This is a very important argument to me: the time and effort of reading and writing versus the new world order to blogging and tweeting.