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The distraction addiction : getting the information you need and the communication you want without enraging your family, annoying your colleagues, and destroying your soul
- Title
- The distraction addiction : getting the information you need and the communication you want without enraging your family, annoying your colleagues, and destroying your soul / Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.
- Author
- Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim.
- Publication
- New York : Little, Brown, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-1626 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 290 p. : ill.; 25 cm
- Summary
- The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? We have all found ourselves checking email at the dinner table, holding our breath while waiting for Outlook to load, or sitting hunched in front of a screen for an hour longer than we intended. Mobile devices and the web have invaded our lives, and this is a big idea book that addresses one of the biggest questions of our age: can we stay connected without diminishing our intelligence, attention spans, and ability to really live? Can we have it all? Here the author, a Stanford University technology guru, says yes. His book is packed with fascinating studies, compelling research, and crucial takeaways. Whether it is breathing while Facebook refreshes, or finding creative ways to take a few hours away from the digital crush, this book is about the ways to tune in without tuning out. - Publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-280) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Two monkeys -- Breathe -- Simplify -- Meditate -- Deprogram -- Experiment -- Refocus -- Rest -- Eight steps to contemplative computing -- Appendix 1: Keeping a tech diary -- Appendix 2: Rules for mindful social media -- Appendix 3: DIY digital sabbath.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-1626
- ISBN
- 0316208264 (hardcover)
- 9780316208260 (hardcover)
- 9780316247528 (pbk.)
- 0316247529 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2013935729
- OCLC
- 816563530
- Author
- Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim.
- Title
- The distraction addiction : getting the information you need and the communication you want without enraging your family, annoying your colleagues, and destroying your soul / Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.
- Imprint
- New York : Little, Brown, 2013.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-280) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-1626