Why do millions of us sit in front of these screens hitting the refresh button on news, tweets and status updates so we can inhale and regurgitate the latest news, quotes and updates on topics that have little or no connection to us?

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Do you refresh Facebook fifteen times an hour to track the likes on your status?

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