Susan, an excellent student, recently left school for a week. Why? “To find time to talk to myself and reflect,” she said. “I couldn't hear myself think anymore. I was totally addicted to digital life.”
She's not alone. Information overload is crushing us. It's probably worse for those who work in the communication industry. We are wired, linked, connected, Facebooked, iPoded, iPaded, iPhoned, Blackberried, PowerPointed, e-mailed, posted, tagged, RSS fed, blogged, tweeted, poked, bookmarked, and YouTubed into exhaustion, anxiety, and incivility. ...