Distracted: the erosion of attention and the coming Dark Age

Lengthening shadows: exploring our landscape of distraction

Deepening twilight: pursuing the narrowing path

Dark times ... or Renaissance of attention?

Foreword

Introduction

Part I. Lengthening Shadows: Exploring Our Landscape of Distraction

Chapter 1. Wired Love 1880-Tracing the Roots of an Attention-Deficient Culture

Chapter 2. Focus-E-mailing the Dead and Other Forays into Virtual Living

Chapter 3. Judgment-Of Molly's Gaze and Taylor's Watch: Why More Is Less in a Split-Screen World

Chapter 4. Awareness-Portable Clocks and Little Black Boxes: The Sticking Point of Mobility

Part II. Deepening Twilight: Pursuing the Narrowing Path

Chapter 5. Focus-Invisible Tethers: The Delicate Art of Surveillance-Based Love

Chapter 6. Judgment-Book and Word on the "Edge of Chaos"

Chapter 7. Awareness-The Post-Human Age: A Battle for Our Attention

Part III. Dark Times ... Or Renaissance of Attention?

Chapter 8. McThinking and the Future of the Past

Chapter 9. The Gift of Attention-A Renaissance at Hand

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

Index