Are my lips moving?

Here’s a mystery I have been thinking about for years, unable to solve it. Ready? Here it comes:

Love and effection

I’ve never (before) said this out loud for the fear of sounding inadequate, but … can somebody listen to the guy and read the tickers at the same time? I really can’t. I can read the tickers, but then I can’t really listen to the person speaking, and vice versa. (And yes, I might not be able to hear or see anything but the typo on that shot but that’s another blog entry).

But now, reading the magnificent Traffic: why we drive the way we do (and what it says about us) by Tom Vanderbilt, I feel liberated.

Disclaimer: the only time I can read one thing, and listen to somebody else, is when I’m reading a book/morning paper, and my wife says something to me – like last night when I read this paragraph:

We are led to believe that this is how people now process information, as if we are suddenly genetically programmed to multitask. Studies have shown, however, that the more information there is on the screen, the less we actually remember.

It’s interesting, though, when I was a kid, I took great pride in my ability to concentrate on a book and block the rest of the world, not hearing anything, or anybody.

I don’t seem to be able to do it anymore. My son is, though.

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