Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Philanthropy & Charity " —Corrine Jennings African American

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Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Philanthropy & Charity " —Corrine Jennings African AmericanIn 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