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

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

“Giving up one activity does not guarantee you will take up a more worthy substitute.”

“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.”

“Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.”

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