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In this gripping exposé of our cyber-centric, attention-deficient life, journalist Maggie Jackson argues that we are eroding our capacity for deep attention — the building block 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 pings of a push-button world, we are less and less able to pause, reflect, and deeply connect. In her sweeping quest to unravel the nature of attention and detail its losses, Jackson introduces us to scientists, cartographers, marketers, educators, wired teens, and even roboticists. She offers us a compelling wake-up call, an adventure story, and reasons for hope. As the author shows, neuroscience is just now decoding the workings of attention, with its three pillars of focus, awareness, and judgment, and revealing how these skills can be shaped and taught. This is exciting news for all of us living in an age of overload. Pull over, hit the pause button, and prepare for an eye-opening journey. More than ever, we cannot afford to let distraction become the marker of our time. <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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Distracted, Maggie Jackson, Bill McKibben
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura),
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- 7,99 €
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- Titolo
- Distracted
- Sottotitolo
- The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Maggie Jackson, Bill McKibben
- Editore
- Prometheus Books
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 327
- ISBN10
- 1591027489
- ISBN13
- 9781591027485
- Serie
- Categoria
- Tag
- Commercio, Manuali e guide, Scienza, Tecnologia, Educazione, istruzione, Cultura e Società, Salute mentale, Leadership, Comunicazione, Marketing e PR, Cultura, Creatività, Consapevolezza, Internet, Cultura popolare, Neuroscienze, Cervello, Statistica, Comportamento, etologia, Psicologia sociale, Decisione, Aspetti sociali, Intuizione, Natura Umana, Economia comportamentale
- Descrizione
- In this gripping exposé of our cyber-centric, attention-deficient life, journalist Maggie Jackson argues that we are eroding our capacity for deep attention — the building block 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 pings of a push-button world, we are less and less able to pause, reflect, and deeply connect. In her sweeping quest to unravel the nature of attention and detail its losses, Jackson introduces us to scientists, cartographers, marketers, educators, wired teens, and even roboticists. She offers us a compelling wake-up call, an adventure story, and reasons for hope. As the author shows, neuroscience is just now decoding the workings of attention, with its three pillars of focus, awareness, and judgment, and revealing how these skills can be shaped and taught. This is exciting news for all of us living in an age of overload. Pull over, hit the pause button, and prepare for an eye-opening journey. More than ever, we cannot afford to let distraction become the marker of our time. <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>