Response to Living La Vida Loca

Although it might sound like I'm reiterating Monsieur P's thoughts and opinions, my focus for this post is more precisely on the over-stimulation that not only today's youth are exposed to, but also anyone living near a television, ipod, blackberry, cell phone, laptop, and/or any combination of these gadgets.

I'll be the first to admith that certain gadgets are a necessity for me. After 2 weeks in Mali, my 4 year old iPod Mini completely shut down; it had done its fair share of laps around the track. That left me in West Africa with my very limited collection of music on my laptop.

The solution? Ask a co-worker from the UK to get me an iPod Classic before making his next trip to Bamako. Problem solved.

I'm going somewhere with this. The point is that there is a fine line between entertainment and necessity. My concern is primarily when necessity becomes a distraction.

For the life of me, I cannot single-task. My attention is all over the map at work and I need to be doing at least 2 or 3 things at the same time, albeit not as effectively as they would be done with 100% of my attention. This is something I grew up with, exposed to the internet from the ripe age of 13-14.

My thoughts are all over the map so I will end it here for now. Ironically enough, I've been listening to my iPod the whole time I spent writing this post.

Sigh.