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ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction | Joshua Cohen

For the next two days (I think, it may just be today and tomorrow), Barnes & Noble members can use PREORDER25 to get 25% off preorders. It‘s not valid on signed copies, though. But Rebecca Solnit, Joyce Vance, Ali Hazelwood (one just announced today as well as the companion to Bride), Frederik Backman, and so many others have new books coming out. I may have indulged a little…a lot…

ravenlee Oh! And premium members also get the 10% member discount on print books. But the 25% is good on ebook and audiobook preorders, too. 3h

TheBookHippie Oooooo 39m

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RamsFan1963

Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource | Chris Hayes

I like it when life syncs up with what I'm reading. Yesterday a storm knocked out the power from 7pm until 10am this morning. No TV, no wi-fi, no internet, and once my phone ran down, no ebooks or audiobooks. No distractions at all, just the printed book to read. Is there something wrong with me when I say that I found no distractions very distracting? I tried to concentration on the book, but I found my mind wandering. It's not the book's ⬇️

RamsFan1963 fault, its very entertaining and Keith Laumer is one of my favorite writers, but I found reading without any background noise, of fans and the fridge, harder than normal. 3d

AnnCrystal Yikes! The unnerving part is not knowing how long it will last for 🙏💫. 3d

RamsFan1963 @AnnCrystal I suppose that's what was making it hard to concentrate, I kept expecting the power to come back on. Since I've lived in this apt, we've had occasional power outages, but never for very long, a couple of hours. According to the news, the storm knocked down several trees which took power lines with them, so they were up all night fixing things. 3d

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HettyG

Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource | Chris Hayes

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You probably already feel a certain way about Chris Hayes. You either find him boyishly charming, cute as a button and nerdily sexy or.... wait what was I talking about? Audio read by the author A+, an excellent analysis of an issue we all know deep down is at the heart of what ails us.

AmyG I‘d be curious as to how many people here even know who he is. 🤣 2mo

Suet624 You forgot earnest. He‘s very earnest. 2mo

Christine 🤣 Great review. 2mo

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Singout

How to Do Nothing | Jenny Odell

To stand apart means giving yourself the critical break that media cycles and narratives will not, allowing yourself to believe in another world while living in this one. It is a perfect image of this world when justice has been realized with and for everyone and everything that is here. To stand apart is to look at the world (now) as it could be (the future), with all of the hope and contemplation that this entails. #SundayFunday #BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s good. Thank you for sharing! 5mo

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How to Do Nothing | Jenny Odell

Loved this last year so chose it for my book group pick this year: our discussion tonight was interesting and fruitful, although not everybody loved it. It was good to have an artist in the group. Good insights about how dedication to community is part of resisting the attention economy, the value and challenge of attentiveness, and our own relationships with social media, and how they vary with younger age groups.
#Nonfiction2024 #SmallThings

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How to Do Nothing | Jenny Odell

To stand apart means giving yourself the critical break that media cycles and narratives will not, allowing yourself to believe in another world while living in this one. It is a perfect image of this world when justice has been realized with and for everyone and everything that is already here. To stand apart is to look at the world (now) as it could be (the future), with all of the hope and sorrowful contemplation that this entails.

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How to Do Nothing | Jenny Odell