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Look : How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World by Christian Madsbjerg is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Look : How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World about?
A powerful exploration of how we pay attention that will transform the ways we connect with one another – at home, at work, and beyond. Paying attention is a crucial human skill, yet many of us have forgotten how to listen carefully and observe intentionally. Deluged by social media and hobbled by the increasing social isolation it fosters, we need to rediscover the deeply human ways we connect with others. Christian Madsbjerg, a philosopher and entrepreneur, understands this dilemma. To counteract it, he began a course at The New School in New York City called Human Observation, which lays out the ways that we can learn to pay attention more effectively. The course has been hugely popular since its inception, with hundreds of students filling waiting lists. In Look, Madsbjerg sets out the key observational skills needed to show how we can recapture our ability to pay attention. Drawing from philosophy, science, the visual arts, and his own life, he offers both practical insights and a range of tools for experiencing the world with greater richness and texture. The result is a dynamic approach to rethinking observation that helps all of us to see with more empathy, accuracy, and co
Who reads Look : How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Christian Madsbjerg
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780593542231
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Psychology, Economics, Self Help
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