Technology Fries Your Brain Worse Than Pot

CNN reports that technology fries your brain worse than marijuana.

Don’t be a slave to technology: In more than 80 clinical trials, Dr. Glenn Wilson, a psychiatrist at King’s College London University, found that workers distracted by phone calls, e-mails and text messages suffer a greater loss of IQ than if they’d smoked marijuana.

The IQ of those juggling messages and work fell by an average of 10 points — equivalent to missing a whole night’s sleep and more than double the four-point fall seen after smoking pot. The drop in IQ was even more significant in men.  more ….

I don’t know anyone as "plugged into technology" as Dennis Kennedy.  He did seem a little loopy at the LexThink conference in the Spring, 2005.  I just hope he doesn’t drive or operate heavy machinery when he is done teching for the day 🙂 

The remaining question is obvious.  Does technology also give you the munchies?

Speaking of Dennis Kennedy, he and Matt Homann from The Non-Billable Hour are hosting BlawgThink 2005!  in Chicago on November 11 and 12.   I’m going, are you?  If not, you should be if …

1. You are interested in understanding and launching a successful blog.
2. You want to take your blog to the next level.
3. You are interested in originating more clients with a properly launched blog.
4. You believe that blogs can change the world.
5. You want to meet the top legal bloggers in the universe.
6. You simply like Chicago and are looking for a reason to write off a shopping trip.
7. You want to know who is the author of the Greatest American Lawyer blog?
8. You want to see if the technology buzz really is as disabling as smoking marijuana.
9. You want to hear one of the following people speak. Matt Buchanan, Ben Cowgill, Dennis Crouch, Fred Faulkner, Peter Flashner, Brandy Karl, Cathy Kirkman, Rick Klau, Jim McGee, Steve Nipper, Kevin O’Keefe, Evan Schaeffer, Doug Sorocco, Ernie Svenson, Jack Vinson, Will Hornsby and J. Craig Williams.

If you’ve hesitated on asking for an invitation to BlawgThink, don’t hesitate.  There are still spaces available. Just let Matt know you are interested (matt@lexthink.com).