Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Philanthropy & Charity '[a] delight of a book'

'[a] delight of a book' Antonia Senior

ISBN13: 9780684855639 ISBN10: 0684855631 Material Type: hardcover

ISBN13: 9780684147673 ISBN10: 068414767X Material Type: hardcover

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Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Philanthropy & Charity '[a] delight of a book'In this gripping expose of our cyber centric, attention deficient life, journalist Maggie Jackson argues that we are eroding our capacity for deep attention and mindfulness the building blocks of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress. The implications for a healthy society are stark. Despite our wondrous technologies and scientific advances, we are nurturing a culture of diffusion and detachment. With our attention scattered among the beeps and