Ziek door de informatiesamenleving

E-mails, telefoontjes en voicemails – ze maken ons alleen maar dommer. De psychiater Dr. Edward Hallowell heeft zelfs een nieuwe ziekte benoemd, die vooral in het bedrijfsleven welig tiert: ADT, ofwel Attention Deficit Trait. De symptomen:

When people find that they’re not working to their full potential; when they know that they could be producing more but in fact they’re producing less; when they know they’re smarter than their output shows; when they start answering questions in ways that are more superficial, more hurried than they usually would; when their reservoir of new ideas starts to run dry; when they find themselves working ever-longer hours and sleeping less, exercising less, spending free time with friends less and in general putting in more hours but getting less production overall.

En verderop:

It’s the great seduction of the information age. You can create the illusion of doing work and of being productive and creative when you’re not. You’re just treading water.

Meer bij News.com. En lees ook dit interview op Computerworld, waar hij enkele simpele remedies voorstelt. Zoals 25 jumping jacks, oftewel in de lucht springen met gespreide benen. Ha, dat wordt nog gezellig in de personeelskantine.