Distracted in the Workplace? Meet Maggie Jackson’s Book

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 7, 2009

Today we’ll dis­cuss some of the cog­ni­tive impli­ca­tions of “always on” work­places and lifestyles via a fas­ci­nat­ing inter­view with Mag­gie Jack­son, an award-win­n­ing author and jour­nal­ist. Her lat­est book, Dis­tract­ed: The Ero­sion of Atten­tion and the Com­ing Dark Age, describes the impli­ca­tions of our busy work and life envi­ron­ments and offers impor­tant reflec­tions to help…

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Medicine 2.0: the impact of web 2.0 on healthcare?

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 10, 2008

Wel­come to the 30th edi­tion of Med­i­cine 2.0, the blog car­ni­val devot­ed to arti­cles that ana­lyze the cur­rent and poten­tial impact of web 2.0 tech­nolo­gies on med­i­cine and health­care. “Med­i­cine 2.0” 101 The first ques­tion is, of course, “What exact­ly is Med­i­cine 2.0?”. The sec­ond, “Who cares?”. The third, “Why?” Anthro­pol­o­gists are here to help. Who…

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