contemporary environments bombard us constantly with new sensory stimuli, as we splice our attention across multiple digital devices most of our days and, as often as not, nights shortened by our attention to them. A recent study by Time Inc.9 of the media habits of people in their twenties indicated that they switched media sources twenty-seven times an hour. On average they now check their cell phone between 150 and 190 times a day. As a society, we are continuously distracted by our environment,
