I take a far more optimistic stance. Yes technology is part of the problem - we now receive five times as much information every day than we did in 1986, & our

I take a far more optimistic stance. Yes technology is part of the problem - we now receive five times as much information every day than we did in 1986, & our brains are exposed daily to more information than a laptop can handle. Yet technology can be part of the solution. Our ways of communicating and relating to the world around us, and our knowledge of human psychology and brain development, have developed dramatically - surely there's a way we can tap this. (I've written a rant about this on my personal blog www.thecreativefiles.com)