Attention Quote by Marilyn vos Savant

Open office plans, cell phones, constant notifications: these are all things that fight against sustained attention on a task. For some people and some…

— Kevin Drum

We can do a bit of blaming: the proliferation of devices means we're always at work, always on call, always available. Physically leaving the…

— Katrina Onstad

One good reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone.

— Sydney J Harris

Deskilling devices - they make us dumber. We're immersed in a system that now requires the use of a cell phone just to get…

— Douglas Tompkins

Ironically, while many of us spend hours every day using small mobile devices to increase our productivity and efficiency, interacting with these objects, even…

— Amy Cuddy

“Open offices, for example, might create more opportunities for collaboration,* but they do so at the cost of “massive distraction,” to quote the results…

— Cal Newport

Sometimes I work purely 8-12 shifts, banging stuff into the computer. Other times, my office is like a scene from a detective movie, with…

— Irvine Welsh

My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air…

— Becki Newton

Whether you're a programming prodigy or the office manager holding it all together, technology empowers small groups of passionate people with an astonishing degree…

— Justin Rosenstein

We have to wonder whether digital technology, rather than making it easier to communicate, is actually doing the opposite. We now sit alone at…

— Tom Hodgkinson

Surely in a world of email, video conferencing and virtual assistants, isn't being expected to show up at the office extremely anachronistic? Yet to…

— Noreena Hertz

We are able to use technology to make it clear that someone's car is available or a room in a home is accessible; that…

— Lisa Gansky