"Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age"
A Boston Globe columnist examines the phenomenon of attention - or lack thereof - in a culture she says is becoming more fragmented, despite the growing sources for social networking. The author was the keynote speaker to kick off Education Week.
Culture of Split Focus--Wow! Everything is speeding-up and we feel it in everything we do. What happens to the fragmented mind--has feeling taken a back seat to rationality? Can we still learn deeply? Can rationality keep up with feeling? Can fragmentation be converted into integration, and integration into rapid change? Or have we just turned ourselves into an ADHD, or dissociated, or worse yet, an autistic society? I suppose this book makes a diagnosis and posits a remedy!
fancie323 2 years ago