tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012744915676074134.post3055926997424699880..comments2024-03-17T18:05:23.453-07:00Comments on Worthwhile Books : The Shallows by Nicholas Carrhopeinbrazilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05842290165385823751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012744915676074134.post-6499597436324673432019-03-31T18:15:59.248-07:002019-03-31T18:15:59.248-07:00Booklearner, there are MANY books being written ab...Booklearner, there are MANY books being written about how to take back our brains. Two that are on my TBR list are "Hamlet's Blackberry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age, and Distracted: Reclaiming our Focus in a World of Lost Attention by Maggie Jackson. But I can't recommend something I've already read. Alan Jacobs has one too: The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction. Hope that helps!hopeinbrazilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842290165385823751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012744915676074134.post-91903798153239220322019-03-27T10:11:38.869-07:002019-03-27T10:11:38.869-07:00Does this book offer any practical suggestions to ...Does this book offer any practical suggestions to counterbalance the negative effects of technology? <br />I would love to get off of tech more. I find myself getting much antsier and less patient than I used to be. But more and more of life gets put on the web that it's hard to not live on it even when you don't want to! I could seriously use some practical helps. Thanks!booklearnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09321337391466393916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012744915676074134.post-12454203853722950762019-01-26T18:10:09.083-08:002019-01-26T18:10:09.083-08:00The instantanousness so prevalent around us, remov...The instantanousness so prevalent around us, removes us from the quiet contemplation that used to be part and parcel of everyday living. Even reading, which helps us ponder, is now supposed to be quick, getting the gist of it, while we have been brainwashed into receiving 1 second sound bites/bytes and 1/2 second visual cues. It is no wonder we are unable to concentrate for more than a few minutes at a time. Reading takes me away from speed, but I do find my mind wandering as I read. I have turned back a page or two and run across sentences that are unfamiliar, passages my eyes traveled over, but I did not read.<br />I'm looking forward to reading The Shallows - I've had a copy in my bookcase for a year! Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983253809089752002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012744915676074134.post-33041050875417608982019-01-25T14:44:25.610-08:002019-01-25T14:44:25.610-08:00This is so terribly true. What a monster we have c...This is so terribly true. What a monster we have created for our culture and generations to come. It's frightening. But you recognize it, and you are on top of it. It would be interesting to do a post in December to see how you fared: did you meet your expectations? Did you have a change of attitude? It should make a great difference!Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.com