Who You Gonna Call? A Look At D.C.’s Updated 311 And 911 System
D.C.'s 311 system will soon consolidate requests for information and repairs. And its 911 system is now geolocating emergency calls from cell phones.
Guest Host: Rebecca Roberts
Are you a good multi-tasker and proud of it? Not so fast. New research shows the more people multi-task, the less able they are to pay attention, control their memory, or switch easily from one job to another.
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- Lee Rainie Founding Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Clifford Nass Stanford University's Thomas M. Storke Professor of Communication; and Founder and Director of the Communication between Humans and Interactive Media Laboratory
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