"The opportunity to make decisions on the spot has made young people reluctant to divide their lives into time slots, as older generations are used to doing."
a Norwegian researcher quoted by Rheingold in his book
Smart Mobs. Yes, this has a weight to it. As the speed of communications increases and becomes more and more mobile the ideas of "locality" and "presence" will shift, or at least I believe they will. Who wants to live life like a clockwork doll? Time should be more fluid and more dynamic; work when there is meaningful work to do, and rest when there is not.
