Challenges of a digitally distracted age

The digital age has brought new opportunity and possibility for learning, communication and advancement of civilization.  At the same time, more than ever, personal discipline and critical thought are too-scarce commodities and this brings new challenges needing thoughtful response.

Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital founder and Golden State Warriors co-owner, speaks about his comments on the societal issues of social media that have gone viral.  Here is a direct video link.

Ex-Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya: Social media is ‘ripping apart’ society from CNBC.

In related topics:  smart phone use (mostly to access social media) is also helping to make workers less productive (shown lower left).
And all of us more likely to kill each other while driving:  fatalities versus texts per month, shown here since 1999.

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