“There is no such thing as a boring person: everyone has stories and insights worth sharing. While on the road, we let our phones or laptops take up our attention. By doing that, we might miss out on the chance to learn and absorb ideas and inspiration from an unexpected source: our fellow travelers.” PersonsIdeasStoriesInspirationMightChanceAttentionMissingSourceFellowsPhonesBoringInsightUnexpectedTravelerLaptopsFellow TravelersEveryone Has A StoryIdeas And InspirationBoring Person Author:Richard Branson
“Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.” LooksIdeasEndsSchoolRememberCultureParentAttentionGrewGrew UpTablesPhonesDinnerCellsTeenagerLook UpDistractionSwingsCell PhoneToddlerDinner TableBlackberriesPickupsSchool Days Author:Sherry Turkle
“I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.” PeopleAttentionTalkingPhonesPay Attention Book:Back Roads Source: Back Roads
“All the research shows that the presence of that phone will do two things to the conversation. It will make the conversation go to trivial matters, and it will decrease the amount of empathy that the two people in the conversation feel toward each other. That phone is a signal that either of us can put our attention elsewhere.” PeopleFeelsTwoMatterShowsAttentionAmountConversationEmpathyResearchPhonesTwo ThingsElsewhereSignalsDecrease Author:Judy Woodruff
“Young people realize that something is amiss. There's a generation that fell in love with their phones, and it's very hard for them to see that there's a problem. But young people are desperate for the attention of their parents, who are really not paying attention to them.” PeopleHardProblemYoungParentRealizingAttentionGenerationsPhonesPay AttentionDesperate Author:Judy Woodruff
“That's one of the surprises in the research, that's it's not young people who are smitten with their phones. It's their parents who are not paying attention to them.” PeopleYoungParentAttentionResearchSurprisePhonesPay AttentionSmitten Author:Judy Woodruff