Digital =?iso-8859-1?Q?grazing=8A?= byte by byte

Kam Matray (kmatray@nps.navy.mil)
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 07:31:43 -0800


>I often wonder if we are becoming frenetic in how we look
>at information. Actually I thought of it this morning as
>I was reading the newspaper. I found myself jumping from
>topic to topic much faster than is my normal style.
>
>Is this a way to gain more information? or filter
>information? so that we can spend time on what is important?
>or are we just going to become superficial information
>gatherers?
>
>Suzanne Alejandre

Acutually, Suzanne, your digital grazing techniques are on an upswing=8A
Seriously, I would proffer the notion that it is not so much a function of
speed or randomness, but one of storage capability and on demand recall of
meaningful content.
Kam

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