{"product_id":"9781633884625","title":"Distracted: Reclaiming Our Focus in a World of Lost Attention","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping exposé 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite our wondrous technologies and scientific advances, we are nurturing a culture of diffusion and detachment. With our attention scattered among the beeps and pings of a push-button world, we are less and less able to pause, reflect, and deeply connect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her sweeping quest to unravel the nature of attention and detail its losses, Jackson introduces us to scientists, cartographers, marketers, educators, wired teens, and even roboticists. She offers us a compelling wake-up call, an adventure story, and reasons for hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the author shows, neuroscience is just now decoding the workings of attention, with its three pillars of focus, awareness, and judgment, and revealing how these skills can be shaped and taught. This is exciting news for all of us living in an age of overload.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePull over, hit the pause button, and prepare for an eye-opening journey. More than ever, we cannot afford to let distraction become the marker of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prometheus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038355865840,"sku":"9781633884625","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781633884625_p0.jpg?v=1763679765","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781633884625","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}