“A pencil is an extension of a finger writing in the sand. But our electronic media are extensions of our brains.”

“The devices meant to simplify our lives merely create new and improved complexities.”

“Parenting in the age of mobile communication really does allow us to be there for our kids in a way never before possible.”

“The mind boggles, in other words, but the brain toggles- sometimes quite rapidly, from one task to the next.”

“No one's brain is different enough to make constant interruptions, distractions, and task-switching an optimal environment in which to function. No one's.”

“The information paradox- that the more data we have, the stupider we become- has a social corollary, too: that the more frantically we connect, one to another, the more disconnected our relationships become.”

“SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final schedule.”