Now part of [my consciousness] lives on the Internet and seems to stay there all the time…. A student may have a textbook open. The television is on with the sound off…. They’ve got music on headphones … there’s a homework window, along with e-mail and instant messaging…. One multi-tasking student prefers the online world to the face-to-face world. “Real life,” he said, “is just one more window.” —CHRISTINE BOESE, REPORTING ON FINDINGS BY MIT PROFESSOR SHERRY TURKLE60
