New -
Utne magazine to excerpt Distracted in March/April!
Distracted featured on Slate - Interview on Gretchen Rubin's blog
Check out Maggie's blog series for Encyclopaedia Britannica
An interview on the wonderful Faith Middleton Show (Ct. NPR)
My guest blog "What are We Thinking?" for the BBC's intriguing collaborative documentary, Digital Revolution. I'm especially interested in segment four - is the web changing who we are?
Acclaim for Distracted --
"A richly detailed and passionately argued... account of the travails facing an ADD society and how to reinvigorate a 'renaissance of attention.'"
—Publishers Weekly
"A timely ... look at our technology-addled lives today."
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer, an editor's pick
"Distracted concentrates the mind on a real problem of modern life."
—The Wall Street Journal
"An original treatment of an important subject. [Jackson's] message bears particular relevance to parents and teachers, who hold the power to help shape the attitudes of younger generations."
- Christian Science Monitor
"Timely and welcome ... Anyone who cares about the future of society should give Distracted some much deserved time and focus."
—Matt Curtin, founder of Interhack Corp., writing in Ergo
Also featured in BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times of London, The Huffington Post, and on the BBC NewsHour, NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, Fast Company and in media worldwide.
For more press on Distracted, see Writing
