Interview with Maggie Jackson - Author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
Posted by: Robert Sandberg in GeneralThe July 11, 2008 Point of Inquiry interview with Maggie Jackson, author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age involves the question of how does the glut of information and ongoing proliferation of information devices that contribute to this glut affect the quality of our thinking and ability to sustain creative attention to that which needs attending?
from the Point of Inquiry introduction:
In this interview with D.J. Grothe, Maggie Jackson discusses her controversial thesis about the downsides of the information age, and how the distractions from modern technologies lead to less critical thinking and less fulfilled lives. She explores the causes and effects of the erosion of attention, including media culture, the internet and personal communication devices . . .
Click here to go to the Point of Inquiry site and listen to the interview.
