Is it a crime?

Over the past years as technology has progressed author Nicholas Carr, writer of Is Google Making Us Stupid?, finds himself at increasing odds with his dependency on the internet.  Where before it was a simple matter to find himself lost in a book, now with the advances made in technology, he finds himself lost in a format where people's minds are being taught to bounce from one point of focus to another in rapid succession.
With an honest admittance, "I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do", Carr points out, in his opinion, the ever changing, ever growing speed of which we find information has begun "remapping the neural circuitry".
Finding ourselves with only one thing to do seems to be a mind numbing waste of time.  My view is that with constant stimulation to the brain people will feel themselves propelled toward the next distraction.  Simply focusing on one thing seems to be a thing of the past.  Right now as this essay is being written I find myself not only typing my paper, music is playing and a fan is on simply for background noise.  Soon email will be checked, links will be clicked, podcasts will be heard, articles will be skimmed, and instant messengers will begin beeping for attention.
Simply stated, 'The net is a God send' puts a new spin on perspective.  Is it a God send or is it another way in which humans will drive themselves to constant distraction?