After reading Bellah's article I can't help to wonder how distracted we truly are. I couldn't help to wonder about that this weekend.
There is distraction in the sense I had a really hard time getting anything done this weekend. Everything else just seemed to much more interesting than my French homework. That might just be procrastination.
Then there's distraction in the sense of just not really paying attention. Like millions of others around the world, I've been keeping my eyes on the headlines on Japan. I'm watching but I'm not doing anything. Not even talking about it with my friends. Instead we spent a long lunch on Sunday talking about the implications and the usage of the winky smiley face on Facebook chat. Don't get me wrong, it was a fun conversation but can it be used to exemplify how distracted we really are?
I agree! ;) Well, at work the other day, my coworker brought up Japan, but it was incredibly perfunctory and we immediately moved on to going back to our respective tasks.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a sign of how distracted we are when a conversation about emoticons generates more discussion than a natural disaster. ;)
Another consideration: are there topics and concerns we avoid because we are uncertain what to think or say?
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