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<p>we Have Oceans Of Information At Our Disposal, Yet We Increasingly Seek Knowledge In Online Headlines Glimpsed On The Run. We Are Networked As Never Before, But We Connect With Friends And Family Via E-mail And Fleeting Face-to-face Moments That Are Rescheduled And Interrupted A Dozen Times. Despite Our Wondrous Technologies And Scientific Advances, We Are Nurturing A Culture Of Diffusion, Fragmentation, And Detachment. <br>in This New World, Something Crucial Is Missing: Attention-the Key To Recapturing Our Ability To Connect, Reflect, And Relax; The Secret To Coping With A Mobile, Multitasking, Virtual World. How Did We Get To The Point Where We Keep One Eye On Our Blackberry And One Eye On Our Spouse-in Bed? We Can Contact Millions Of People Worldwide, So Why Is It Hard To Schedule A Simple Family Supper? Most Importantly, What Can We Do About It? Distracted Vividly Shows How Day By Day, Our Hyper-mobile, Cyber-centric, Interrupted Lives Erode Our Capacity For Deep Focus And Awareness. The Implications For A Healthy Society Are Stark. <br>attention Is The Building Block Of Intimacy, Wisdom, And Cultural Progress. Jackson Makes It Clear That If We Squander Our Powers Of Attent

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Author

Maggie Jackson

Publisher

Prometheus Books, Publishers

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781591027485

Category

health

Subjects

Sociology, Psychology, Social_sciences

Rating

3.15 / 5 (269 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14