
Distracted
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Introduction
- PART I: LENGTHENING SHADOWS: EXPLORING OUR LANDSCAPE OF DISTRACTION
- Chapter One: Wired Love © 1880-Tracing the Roots of an Attention-Deficient Culture
- Chapter Two: E-mailing the Dead and Other Forays into Virtual Living
- Chapter Three: Of Molly's Gaze and Taylor's Watch: Why More is Less in a Split-Screen World
- Chapter Four: Portable Clocks and Little Black Boxes: The Sticking Point of Mobility
- PART II: DEEPENING TWILIGHT: PURSUING THE NARROWING PATH
- Chapter Five: Invisible Tethers: The Delicate Art of Surveillance-Based Love
- Chapter Six: Book and Word on the "Edge of Chaos"
- Chapter Seven: The Post-Human Age: A Battle for Our Attention
- PART III: DARK TIMES.OR RENAISSANCE OF ATTENTION?
- Chapter Eight: McThinking and the Future of the Past
- Chapter Nine: The Gift of Attention-A Renaissance at Hand
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
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