Reading in a "Nonlinear" way

I loved Kist's section on Nonlinear reading.  At one point he states, "it could be argues that we have always had the ability to read texts in a nonlinear fashion" (19).  I found this very interesting because while many readers around me can read in nonlinear fashions, when it comes to reading books, I can't.  However this statement made me think more into the younger generation and how the media provides constant forms of nonlinear literacy/reading for internet users.  As soon as this activity was mentioned in class I found myself thinking back to my Native American Lit. class and how frustrated I was that every single book we read was written in Nonlinear fashion.  I found it hard to follow and keep track of what was going on, yet I can go on facebook and read a post from my friend sent to me yesterday and snoop in on a newly broken relationship that was posted 2 seconds ago.  I even realized that I always study for exams in nonlinear fashion.  Focusing on whatever I want first and jumping around within my books and notes until I feel I am ready.  I found myself second guessing my first reaction to nonlinearity and agreeing with what Kist had to say.  But a big question that I had in the end was how much can nonlinear education be utilized in the classroom?  I felt that by allowing and encouraging students to always read the way that is natural to them (nonlinear), then will it become too much?  Will students be able to focus long enough on a work to be able to really critically think/analyze the text?  Or will they only retain the little portions or lines they think are important?  Nonlinear reading is a great tactic for students who want to be involved with social networks but they are not always efficient in certain classrooms.  Integrating technology within the classroom is great! But in certain classes will it be overused, only reinforcing the nonlinear multitasking brains of the new generation of technology users.