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Archive for August 9th, 2007
21 Tips to Deal with Info Overload
August 9th, 2007
The problem with being constantly bombarded by information, as we web workers are, is not so much that we can’t deal with it, or that it distracts us from our work, or that it shortens our attention spans or stresses us out. It’s that we have allowed that information to control our lives. Here are 21 tips on how to deal with it.
Even The Most Stable Brain Operates Just A Millimeter From Madness
August 9th, 2007
In such a finely tuned cognitive engine, only a small part must start to sputter before the whole machine comes crashing down. When that happens, reason and function come undone, rarely as dramatically as in the neurochemical storm that is obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Study Shows Fast Food Zombies Are Made At An Early Age
August 9th, 2007
A new study is reporting that very young children are highly susceptible to the daily onslaught of branded fast food advertising: “most 3- and 5-year-olds who taste-tested a variety of foods said they preferred the ones in the McDonald’s wrapper — even though the foods were exactly the same.”