Numb. Charles R. Chaffin
Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Preface
8 CHAPTER 1: The Information Age A Scarcity of Attention By‐Products of This Information Age
9 CHAPTER 2: Can I Have Your Attention Please? What Is Attention? Technology and Our Attention
10 CHAPTER 3: The News Drawing Your Attention – and Keeping It Staying Informed Being Our Own News Editor
11 CHAPTER 4: Instagram Worthy “Do You Remember Where This Was Taken?” I Can't Wait to Post It!
12 CHAPTER 5: Who's the Pigeon Now? Keeping Us Pulling That Social Media Lever Is the Reward Worth It?
13 CHAPTER 6: A Habit of Distraction What Are You Thinking About? Breaking the Habit
14 CHAPTER 7: Tinder and I Are Registered at Amazon You Look Just Like Your Profile Pictures … Kinda Choosing a Mate
15 CHAPTER 8: Confirmation Bias I Knew It the Whole Time! Sources That Support Our Biases
16 CHAPTER 9: Compassion Fatigue Playing to Our Empathetic Side The Power of Compassion
17 CHAPTER 10: Too Much Information Information Overload Managing It All
18 CHAPTER 11: FOMO Keeping up with the Joneses Freeing Ourselves from FOMO
19 CHAPTER 12: The Outrage Machine Did You See That?! Tired of “Sick and Tired”
20 CHAPTER 13: Tribalism “My Tribe Is Better Than Yours” Breaking Down What Divides Us
21 CHAPTER 14: Instant Gratification I Want It Now! A Bird in the Hand …
22 CHAPTER 15: Loneliness Loneliness with 750 of Your Closest Facebook Friends
23 CHAPTER 16: Choice I Want to Consider All of My Options First Combating Choice Overload
24 CHAPTER 17: Impulse Buying Fighting for Our Attention Creating an Attention Budget
25 CHAPTER 18: Porn Porn Consumption Is Porn Good or Bad?
26 CHAPTER 19: Publisher or Platform? Section 230 The Future of the Internet
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CHAPTER 20: Algorithms
Algorithms in Our Daily Lives
Algorithm