The information diet a case for conscious consumption
"The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. Just as we have grown morbidly obese on sugar, fat, and flour--so, too, have we become gl...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Beijing
O'Reilly Media
2012
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Edition: | 1st ed |
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Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | "The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. Just as we have grown morbidly obese on sugar, fat, and flour--so, too, have we become gluttons for texts, instant messages, emails, RSS feeds, downloads, videos, status updates, and tweets. We're all battling a storm of distractions, buffeted with notifications and tempted by tasty tidbits of information. And just as too much junk food can lead to obesity, too much junk information can lead to cluelessness."--Publisher's blurb |
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Physical Description: | ix, 150 pages illustrations, maps |
ISBN: | 9781449321567 1491933399 9781491933374 9781449321574 1449321569 1491933372 1449321577 1306813573 9781491933398 |