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Distracted

Broadcast: Midmorning, 07/16/2008, 10:06 a.m.
Broadcast: Midmorning, 10/24/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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Between cell phones and BlackBerries, iPods and iMacs, we have numerous gadgets to occupy our every second. But author Maggie Jackson worries that having all this technology at our fingertips is chipping away at our ability to focus, and could ultimately lead to an age of cultural decline.

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  • Maggie Jackson: journalist and author of "Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age." She writes the "Balancing Acts" column for the Boston Globe.

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