Numb

How the Information Age Dulls Our Senses and How We Can Get them Back

De: Charles R. Chaffin

Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies

Discover how to manage this noisy world without it managing you.

In Numb, distinguished author Dr. Charles R. Chaffin delivers a fun and evidence-based exploration of how you can devote more attention on what you believe is important while ignoring the distractions that increasingly permeate your life. Using research from cognitive, education, positive, and clinical psychology, the book identifies the sources of noise and distraction in this information age and how we can manage it in all aspects of our lives.

You'll learn about: how experiences in technology, from social media to selfies to porn, impact our ability to engage and connect with others; the news we consume and the impact of confirmation bias, filter bubbles, and tribalism; how FOMO and choice overload impact our decision-making; and the power of our attention in all aspects of our daily lives.

Perfect for anyone interested in the expanding impact of the information age on our collective psyche, Numb helps empower you to use technology and information not as a destination, but as a tool toward authenticity and empowerment.

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Disappointing and sometimes annoying

The topic is interesting enough and caught my attention. I hung in there for a couple hours but started to race into other chapters hoping for some real insights. Some of the chapters toward the end of the book were interesting and I did learn some new things but overall the book was filled with common knowledge. The narrator’s voice ranged from merely annoying to downright irritating with his “melodic” upswings especially at the ends of many sentences regardless of topic. Disappointing overall.

Talks in circles

A lot of repeating phrases and ideas. Seems to be lots of padding for time and reiteration. Good ideas are discussed but they are drowned out by so many hypotheticals and repeats it’s hard not to get Numb to it. Fitting