I think this new wave of internet has really made everyone at least a little ADD. It's wicked hard to focus on one task or topic and go into massive depth on it when you know you have a world of distractions at your fingertips. It's why we're seeing a lot of attention related apps being produced now.

So the question becomes, is the added general knowledge enough to offset a loss in specialized knowledge?

Our point of view is that, if we are comparing year 1995 to 2009, do you think we – the Internet users – have maybe 5 times more the diversity in personality now compared to then? I think we do. We are not saying that diversity is bad, but we are saying that more and more diversity is not such a good thing. While I am using reddit and digg, I notice that one minute I am looking for humorous articles, the next minute I am looking for a social media related article, then get lost playing a flash game that popped up in the most popular side bar! :)

I think we do have a bunch of personalities in there that the Internet just fuels up. Maybe its a good thing? I do like what these services added up to my general knowledge.

I think this new wave of internet has really made everyone at least a little ADD. It's wicked hard to focus on one task or topic and go into massive depth on it when you know you have a world of distractions at your fingertips. It's why we're seeing a lot of attention related apps being produced now.

So the question becomes, is the added general knowledge enough to offset a loss in specialized knowledge?

Our point of view is that, if we are comparing year 1995 to 2009, do you think we – the Internet users – have maybe 5 times more the diversity in personality now compared to then? I think we do. We are not saying that diversity is bad, but we are saying that more and more diversity is not such a good thing. While I am using reddit and digg, I notice that one minute I am looking for humorous articles, the next minute I am looking for a social media related article, then get lost playing a flash game that popped up in the most popular side bar! :)

I think we do have a bunch of personalities in there that the Internet just fuels up. Maybe its a good thing? I do like what these services added up to my general knowledge.

Schizophrenia is a “mental disorder characterized by abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality.”, according to the wikipedia page on the disease. It's sort of an odd characterization because all of us see reality differently. In other words, there really is no such thing as “normal” rather what we usually call normal is more like the medium or average perception amongst our society.

Anyway, your article is solid but don't think the examples show schizophrenia nor multiple personalities. Just because we tweet/digg/upmod (etc) different things just shows how broad our personalities are. Very few of us are pigeonholed into one type of character set. We change as life goes on and even daily. Social media just exposes how diverse all our personalities are.

And Naadir :) Amer i right, Facebook is the right place for you :)

Beirut, are you interested? :P

Thank you Fadipick for you reply.

Thank you Fadipick for you reply.

Thank you Fadipick for you reply.