In the Age of Distraction

The information age bombards us with data from so many souces and media outlets that we find it difficult to maintain control over what we want or what we need to think about. Urgo alerts us to the contours of such technological imprisonment. He argues against allowing ourselves to be controlled by the tools we have created, and, with thought-provoking analysis, urges that we assume positions of power over those things that demand our attention.