What kind of humans do we want to be, today and in the future?I write about the crucial intangibles of life — home, attention, reflection — that we often overlook in a technological age, and I search for ways to counterbalance the restlessness, complexity, speed, and . . . read more
“Distracted concentrates the mind on a real problem of modern life.”— The Wall Street Journal
Distracted
The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
Foreword by Bill McKibben
We have oceans of information at our fingertips, yet we seek knowledge in Yahoo headlines glimpsed on the run. We are networked as never before, but we connect with friends and family via email and fleeting face-to-face moments that are rescheduled a dozen times. Welcome to the land of distraction . . . read more
