What information consumes is rather obvious: It consumes the attention of its recipients.
Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.
Herbert A. Simon, 1971


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Who are you, restless reader?
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You love reading, but find it hard to concentrate.
You cannot seem to find time to read.
You get easily distracted as you read.
You crave stimulation of different sorts when you read.
Your mind races wildly with ideas after each paragraph, line or word when you read.
You fall asleep easily while you read.
You feel overwhelmed as you read.
You interrupt yourself as you read.
You buy more books than you can read.
You accummulate articles and news clippings for later reading.
You don't know a good time for reading.
You don't know a good place for reading.

Restless Readers is a series of short videos speculating on the impact of information overload on our ability to concentrate.


a research project by Rogerio Lira
rog@restlessreaders.com

planned for release as a video podcast in the first half of 2010.


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Research made possible through the support of
The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
known in the Netherlands as Fonds BKVB. With the support of the Foundation Mijksenaar Archives.