Numb how the information age dulls our senses and how we can get them back
"We live in a noisy world. Through technology, we are inundated with information, opinion, and images of all kinds around us. How do we manage all of this noise? How do we decide what is important and what isn't? Numb identifies all of the sources of noise and helps the reader manage them...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey
Wiley
2021
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The information age
- Can I have your attention please?
- The news
- Instagram worthy
- Who's the pigeon now?
- A habit of distraction
- Tinder and I are registered at Amazon
- Confirmation bias
- Compassion fatigue
- Too much information
- FOMO
- The outrage machine
- Tribalism
- Instant gratification
- Loneliness
- Choice
- Impulse buying
- Porn
- Publisher or platform?
- Algorithms
- Regaining the feeling
- Includes bibliographical references and index