I noticed a lot of connections between Restak’s “Attention Deficit: The Brain Stndrome of Our Era” and Sam Anderson’s “In Defense if Distraction”.  Both pieces discuss how technology today is currently changing our brains by constantly taking our focus and shifting it between many different ideas. This distraction can be beneficial however, since many ADHD/ADD behaviors can prove helpful in the work place. Anderson even referred to distraction as “following your attention”.

They both talk about how we think we’re good at multitasking, but in reality we can barely multitask at all. Instead our brains just constantly shift back and forth, focusing on one thing then the next. This constant shifting of attention is all over due to technology today as pointed out by Restak and Anderson. The constant shifting of our brains may be beneficial in developing our brains further, according to the two.