Great book in explaining all the ways we have become distracted and continue to go over the edge into an ADD/ADHD dark age, but the author neglects solution and/or application of the argument entirely except to say be more attentive. ( )

Jackson's balanced treatment of attention is an easy read and has, I think, something for everyone. She starts with descriptions of long-distance virtual relationships in the telegraph era and continues through today's reformulations of kinship and place/space. She then outlines the science of attention and proposes that we can create a "renaissance of attention," if only we put our minds to it.

This book is full of anecdotes, insights, and pointers to further resources. I suggest reading it with a notebook.

A compelling and readable analysis of our fragmented lives and diminishing capacity to focus and think deeply. ( )