Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Philanthropy & Charity one witnessed only by the

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ISBN13: 9780684855639 ISBN10: 0684855631 Material Type: hardcover

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Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Philanthropy & Charity one witnessed only by theIn 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