The Cost Benefit Ratio of Staying in a Patch

There are two forces, an internal and an external force, that drives us to shift our attention all the time. And you know, just to tie this in with something, we talked about a little bit of of foraging. You could think of information as a patch as well that we're foraging. Whether it's a web site or an article that reading, or any task that you're engaged in,. There are these internal and external forces that decide sort of the cost benefit ratio of you staying there or just keep switching.