Distracted The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age |
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Author:
| Jackson, Maggie |
Foreword by:
| McKibben, Bill |
ISBN: | 978-1-59102-748-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
Publisher: | Prometheus Books, Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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Despite our scientific advances, we are nurturing a culture of diffusion, fragmentation, and detachment. In this new world, something is amiss. And that something is - attention. The author explores the many ways in which we are eroding our capacity for deep, sustained attention - the building block of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress.
Despite our scientific advances, we are nurturing a culture of diffusion, fragmentation, and detachment. In this new world, something is amiss. And that something is - attention. The author explores the many ways in which we are eroding our capacity for deep, sustained attention - the building block of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress.