| In his latest book Crazy Busy, Dr. Edward
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| | on her cell phone, occasionally glanced
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| M. Hollowell, a psychiatrist and expert
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| | in the mirror to check her eye makeup,
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| in Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD),
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| | and routinely monitored the GPS indicator
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| talks about a phenomenon he began to
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| | on her dashboard -- all while navigating
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| notice in the mid 1990s-a dramatic
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| | a 6,000 pound SUV through early morning
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| increase in people visiting him
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| | bumper-to-bumper traffic.Staring out the
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| exhibiting symptoms of Attention Deficit
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| | window of the bus, I was thankful that I
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| Disorder (ADD).Attention Deficit Disorder
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| | was in the lane next to hers, safely
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| can be characterized by a person's
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| | nestled in a larger cocoon of metal and
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| inability to concentrate or to think for
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| | steel than she was. It was then that I
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| a period of time, primarily because the
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| | began to notice that she was far from
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| person cannot focus on a single task at
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| | being alone in her crazybusy multitasking
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| hand. ADD sufferers are easily
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| | -- she had plenty of company in the
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| distracted, cannot filter information
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| | surrounding traffic. The guy driving an
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| well, typically have high anxiety levels,
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| | SUV just in front of her was glancing at
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| and are often extremely forgetful.People
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| | his mail, drinking coffee, munching on a
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| with ADD typically rush around a lot,
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| | doughnut, and yelling at his kids seated
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| feel impatient wherever they are, love
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| | in the backseat - all while trying to
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| speed, get frustrated easily, lose focus
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| | keep at least a part of his concentration
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| in the middle of tasks, and struggle to
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| | focused on the other vehicles around
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| pay attention to one issue for even more
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| | him.When I got off the bus, I decided to
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| than a few seconds.Hollowell's major
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| | stop off at a local park. I wanted to
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| theme in the book is that the modern
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| | enjoy a few minutes of relaxation in the
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| world is so "crazybusy" (his coinage)
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| | morning sun since I had a few minutes to
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| with its increased demands for ever more
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| | kill before an appointment. Glancing
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| speed and stimulation that it is causing
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| | around, I noticed more rampant examples
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| more and more otherwise normal people to
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| | of crazybusy multitasking here in the
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| suffer ADD symptoms. By trying to keep up
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| | park. As I sat down and looked around, I
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| with the pace of modern society, more and
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| | saw a jogger simultaneously talking on
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| more people suffer from distractibility,
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| | his cell phone and fiddling with his Palm
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| inability to filter information,
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| | Pilot while he ran, trying to keep from
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| forgetfulness, high anxiety, and a host
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| | becoming entangled in the leash affixed
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| of other symptoms that are
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| | to his wrist, as his poor dog panted,
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| characteristics of ADD. People enter what
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| | running behind him. I also saw a few
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| he refers to as the "F state" becoming
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| | people talking to themselves as they
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| frenzied, fearful, forgetful, and
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| | walked or jogged, or at least I thought
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| sometimes furious.He thinks that these
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| | they were talking to themselves, until,
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| symptoms, once applicable to only a
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| | as they approached, I was able to make
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| special population, are now found in just
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| | out the ear pods they wore, and hear
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| about everyone, at one time or another.,
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| | snippets of their cell phone
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| and that perhaps our entire society is
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| | conversations.I guess that walking
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| suffering from culturally induced
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| | without using a cell phone to multitask
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| Attention Deficit Disorder, and that
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| | has become too boring of an activity for
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| being crazybusy has become a national
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| | many people, unless they are able to
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| epidemic.When I thought about what he had
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| | engage in a never ending series of
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| to say in his book, I recalled some
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| | multitasking activities. On my walks, I
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| examples of how people that I observed in
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| | constantly have to steer clear of these
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| everyday life seemed to engage in
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| | multitasking crazybusy people engaged in
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| multitasking to the point of craziness,
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| | all varieties of cell phone chats. As I
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| at least as far as I was concerned. To me
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| | shift to avoid collisions with them, I
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| it seemed that some people often seemed
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| | hear some barking out orders to
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| to lose the ability to focus on a single
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| | subordinates, while I hear others
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| task and to concentrate on that task to
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| | speaking deferentially to supervisors or
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| its completion before starting a new
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| | clients, while still others are engaged
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| task. Whenever I interacted with these
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| | in loud arguments with girlfriends or
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| crazybusy people, engaged in their
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| | boyfriends, gesticulating and screaming
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| multitasking, it was as though I could
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| | as passerby look on, usually amused. But
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| never act or reply fast enough to
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| | most of the time I detect partial
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| communicate with them. They were always
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| | conversations of banal senseless chatter
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| doing or saying the next thing while I
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| | that seem like a waste of a good cell
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| was still focused on what they had
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| | phone, and nothing more than a terrible
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| already done or said a split second ago.I
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| | annoyance to anyone who happens to be
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| think that these constant multitasking
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| | within earshot.Ten years ago, before the
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| crazybusy people can be found everywhere
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| | cell phone multitasking mania, these
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| - never having enough tasks to do at
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| | people would have been considered
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| once, busy little bees always needing the
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| | certifiably crazy, or at a minimum, very
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| adrenaline rush of another task to
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| | eccentric to say the least. Talking to
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| complete or another conversation to
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| | themselves, making gestures with their
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| finish.One morning, as I was sitting on
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| | hands in the air, shouting or screaming
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| the bus , I happened to glance out the
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| | as they startled passerby and bystanders,
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| window and saw a young woman driving a
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| | one and all, these were not behaviors
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| large SUV in the next lane. She reminded
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| | that normal people engaged in. Oh, but
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| me of the consummate crazybusy
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| | how times have changed!Today people who
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| multitasker, striving to cram every
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| | display this sort of behavior are just
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| available moment of her existence with a
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| | considered more of the crazybody
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| never ending series of tasks to be
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| | multitasking multitudes.Bob Lim has
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| accomplished nonstop.I couldn't help but
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| | joined the struggle against the
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| to remain transfixed as I stared out the
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| | incorporation of the world into the
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| window. I looked on in amazement as she
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| | corporate alien fold. From time to time
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| grasped at a McDonald's Egg McMuffin with
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| | he will give our website his perspective
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| one hand, shouted out commands to someone
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| | on this growing problem.
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