Also in the work place, which can extend to email "conversations" that lead to "conference calls" that people do not listen, but are texting and not paying attention, that lead to "meetings" where people do not listen since they are addicted to their crack berries. I am not saying that technology is bad, I work in IT after all, but there is a terrible misuse of technology.
AHA! So that's why obama doesn't know anything about what his government is doing!