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02/08/2001 Archived Entry: "Continuous partial attention?"

Nice short article at NYT about "cyber-serfdom" and "continuous partial attention". "I am struck at how many people call my office, ask if I'm in, and, if I'm not, immediately ask to be connected to my cell phone or pager. (I carry neither.) You're never out anymore. The assumption now is that you're always in. Out is over. Now you are always in. And when you are always in you are always on. And when you are always on, what are you most like? A computer server."