Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Rheingold, Howard (January, 2010), Attention is the Fundamental Literacy, Edge Foundation, Inc., Retrieved on 2010-10-01
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  • Folksonomies: culture internet technology society

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    23 JAN 2011

     Attention is the Fundamental Literacy

    Attention is the fundamental literacy. Every second I spend online, I make decisions about where to spend my attention. Should I devote any mindshare at all to this comment or that headline? — a question I need to answer each time an attractive link catches my eye. Simply becoming aware of the fact that life online requires this kind of decision-making was my first step in learning to tune a fundamental filter on what I allow into my head — a filter that is under my control only if I practice...
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    Life online requires properly allocating our attention to maximize our productivity.

    Parent Reference

     How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?
    Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Brockman, John, ed. (January, 2010), How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?, Edge Foundation, Inc., Retrieved on 2010-10-01
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  • Folksonomies: new media