Shirky quotes Sana et al [1]: The results demonstrate that multitasking on a laptop poses a significant distraction to both users and fellow students and can b

Shirky quotes Sana et al [1]: The results demonstrate that multitasking on a laptop poses a significant distraction to both users and fellow students and can be detrimental to comprehension of lecture content. I want to kiss all these people on the mouth. I feel like a cross between Don Quixote and the stay-off-my-lawn guy for fuming whenever someone sits down next to me when I'm trying to concentrate, and engages in a constant stream of messaging, or playing some game that's chirping and beeping and booping. There is such a thing as a 'tragedy of the attention commons' but it seems like nobody gives a shit about it. But maybe this piece, and this research, means the tide is about to change. [1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254?np=y http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512...