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圖書館是個好地方，只有靠它，我們才能真正地遠離電腦，與手機。想小時候要專心唸書的時候，只要把桌子收乾淨大概就不成問題。現在這是沒有用的，電腦就擺在你的房間裡，稍一分心就會想說來上個網查個東西，反正很快。對，很快，但很多個很快簡直會要了你的命。在圖書館就好多了（喔，千萬別帶把電腦帶出去），沒地方分心，只好專心讀點書，即使坐不久，起碼效率好很多。

查資料的時候看到這篇一年前的文章〈life interrupted〉，談的是多工的問題，真是心有戚戚焉，我經常覺得很多電腦問題不是問題，譬如有些人會覺得資訊過剩，但我覺得訂一堆RSS不見得每個都要看，不會有壓力。但就多工而言，我實在是無法不受影響啊。難道說，其實資訊時代需要我們擁有更強的意志力嗎？來摘個幾段吧：

Today, we can do more. And do more, faster. And do more, faster, from anywhere, all the time. You can work at home or the coffee shop or even the beach. Is this a good thing? How do we navigate these rapids without eventually drowning? Are we allowing life to be the sum of tasks, the short term always the priority? Are we so connected that we’re actually disconnected? And has anyone had enough time to focus long enough to mull a question that requires a long, complicated answer — if there is one?

When our technological dreams began becoming reality, some pundits predicted we would be swamped by leisure time. That didn’t happen. We’re working longer and harder, and seem more stressed over downsizing and outsourcing and expectations than ever.

IN LEVY’S VIEW, technology is not the culprit. The problem is the imbalance we’ve allowed it to perpetuate. His office offers a glimpse of his own balancing act. Computer, scanner and printer on one side, a bookshelf crammed with titles like “The Saturated Self” and “The Digital Dilemma” on the other.

嗯，我的房間太小了，沒辦法分成兩半……