Attention versus distraction? What that big NY Times story leaves out » Niema... - 0 views
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robbing kids of their ability to concentrate
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The question, though, is: distraction from what? And also: What’s inherently wrong with distraction?
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Formal education, as we’ve framed it, is not only about finding ways to learn more about the things we love, but also, equally, about squelching our aversion to the things we don’t — all in the ecumenical spirit of generalized knowledge.
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It’s a bottom-up shift that our top-down education systems, and journalism along with them, are grappling with.
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It’s not ruining what was; it’s simply moving on. We don’t write like the Romantics anymore, not because we can’t enjoy or appreciate what they write, but because that is simply not the world we live in.