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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

Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim2013

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This book addresses one of the biggest questions of our age: can we stay connected without diminishing our intelligence, attention spans & ability to really live? Packed with fascinating research, this book is about the ways to tune in without tuning out.

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Main 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 / by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Author:

Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim

Imprint:

New York Little Brown and Company 2013

Collation:

290 pages

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

ISBN:

9780316247528 (paperback)

Dewey class:

303.4833 DIS

Local class:

303.4833

Language:

English

Subject:

Information technology -- Psychological aspectsInternet addictionTechnology -- Social aspectsSocial media

BRN:

120401