Tuesday, October 27, 2009
[IWS] DISTRACTED: THE EROSION of ATTENTION and the COMING DARK AGE (now in Paperback and soon an Audio Book)
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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DISTRACTED: THE EROSION of ATTENTION and the COMING DARK AGE
by Maggie Jackson
http://www.maggie-jackson.com/
or
http://www.amazon.com/Distracted-Erosion-Attention-Coming-Dark/dp/1591026237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211348657&sr=8-1
or
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Distracted/Maggie-Jackson/e/9781591026235/?itm=2&usri=distracted
After going through several printings and a couple of translations, the book just came out in paperback and an audio book (from Amazon's Audible.com) is in the works.
The book has been compared by Fast Company.com to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, see
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cali-yost/worklife-fit-not-balance/launching-%E2%80%9Cattention%E2%80%9D-movementdistracted-maggie-jackson
and featured in
The New York Times,
http://shiftingcareers.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/attention-must-be-paid/
Wall Street Journal,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121323271772766645.html
The Sunday Times of London,
http://www.bryanappleyard.com/article.php?article_id=142
and Wired.com,
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/attentionlost/
as well as across the blogosphere and in media on four continents - from Australia to South America.
Back when the book first came out, a little old lady at an Arlington, Va. library spoke up after the author's talk, saying, "This movement that you're starting ..." Maggie was surprised. That wasn't her intention.
But the lady was right, a movement has begun: to understand and cultivate attention; to restore our technologies to tools, not would-be panacea; to provide a less-frenzied, split-focused culture for our children. The time is right to work toward a "renaissance of attention."
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
DISTRACTED: THE EROSION of ATTENTION and the COMING DARK AGE
by Maggie Jackson
http://www.maggie-jackson.com/
or
http://www.amazon.com/Distracted-Erosion-Attention-Coming-Dark/dp/1591026237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211348657&sr=8-1
or
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Distracted/Maggie-Jackson/e/9781591026235/?itm=2&usri=distracted
After going through several printings and a couple of translations, the book just came out in paperback and an audio book (from Amazon's Audible.com) is in the works.
The book has been compared by Fast Company.com to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, see
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cali-yost/worklife-fit-not-balance/launching-%E2%80%9Cattention%E2%80%9D-movementdistracted-maggie-jackson
and featured in
The New York Times,
http://shiftingcareers.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/attention-must-be-paid/
Wall Street Journal,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121323271772766645.html
The Sunday Times of London,
http://www.bryanappleyard.com/article.php?article_id=142
and Wired.com,
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/attentionlost/
as well as across the blogosphere and in media on four continents - from Australia to South America.
Back when the book first came out, a little old lady at an Arlington, Va. library spoke up after the author's talk, saying, "This movement that you're starting ..." Maggie was surprised. That wasn't her intention.
But the lady was right, a movement has begun: to understand and cultivate attention; to restore our technologies to tools, not would-be panacea; to provide a less-frenzied, split-focused culture for our children. The time is right to work toward a "renaissance of attention."
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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