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Re: Reboot9 — Stowe Boyd: Flow, a New Consciousness for a Web of Traffic

Stephanie — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:12:30 -0000

Yet another manual trackback (please send trackbacks, people! it makes life so much simpler!) http://greenteaicecream.co.uk/2007/06/12/when-g...>

Re: Reboot9 — Stowe Boyd: Flow, a New Consciousness for a Web of Traffic

Stephanie — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:41:19 -0000

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Re: Reboot9 — Stowe Boyd: Flow, a New Consciousness for a Web of Traffic

Stephanie — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:59:09 -0000

Stowe responds to Linda on his blog (and there is a link to his slides there):

http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2007/06/linda_stone_on_.html

Re: Reboot9 — Stowe Boyd: Flow, a New Consciousness for a Web of Traffic

Linda Stone — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:42:08 -0000

Stowe,
I read your paragraph above regarding my continuous partial attention thesis. Once again, you appear to misunderstand my work. Check http://www.continuouspartialattention.com</p>

Continuous partial attention is not something that I judge to be "good" or "bad." EVERY attention strategy has a place and matches to an activity, a desire. CONTINUOUS continuous partial attention, that is -- operating in a constant state of vigilance, high alert, always on, is stressful to the body. It creates an adrenalized fight or flight state, cortisol floods the body. The bottom line: continuous partial attention some of the time can be a great thing. Continuous, continuous partial attention -- or continuous partial attention ALL the time, is a contributing factor to insomnia, obesity, and stress-related diseases.
Cheers,
Linda