So much good stuff out there, and yet readers of the traditional press have to make do with sloppy work like this article, one in which parents are (laughably) advised to "limit a child's Web surfing to three or four sites a day to keep their focus on studying." The main thrust of the article is that there is too much information on the web, and so it - and other 'technology gizmos' - ends up being a distraction. Oh, sure, there's a point there; after all, I too have been pulled away from my work by a silly web game or too fascinating a site on Greek theology. And many of the gadgets out there are indeed junk. But it is misleading to lump the internet in with pens that play music when you draw pictures. And the way to solve information overload is not to hide from it, but to learn how to deal with it. After all, it's not like it's going away or anything.
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