Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06ZYXJH8V |
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| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Book Fanatic said A Thoughtful Reminder of Something We Are Losing. This is a good book. It's a thoughtful reflection on what has happened to solitude in our hyper- connected world. Much of the book is a chronicle of the author's own search for solitude. There are some side journeys to interview various brain scientists or authors or other people who are thinking about the same thing. It's a short book and easy to read and yet it does stimulate one's own reflection on the subject. It's just an important reminder of what we might be losing and I can easily recommend it.. Sizzles with liberating energy I read the advance copy a couple of months back, and "Solitude" really moved me. As the corporate lock on both politics and our individual autonomy tightens, along comes "Solitude" sizzling with liberating energy. It's an entertaining grapple with current brain science, literature, and philosopy, and is smart, off-beat and ultimately moral. I'm sure this book will contribute to the “Great Turning” from an outdated, planet-smothering orthodoxy to a fresh, diverse, and healthy Earth-culture. Do che. Thoughtful A smart, thoughtful, well-researched book about the importance of the diminishing experience of solitude in the age of the Internet of things. Harris questions the value of our increased connectivity and what is being lost as a result. A worthwhile investigation with some interesting side notes.
Rich with stories about the transformative power of solitude, and drawing on the research of the world's leading neuroscientists and behavioural psychologists, Solitude offers a timely and profound exploration of how to be alone - and why it matters for us all.. Being alone - really alone - could be the only antidote to the frenzy of our digital age. Our society now embraces sharing like never before: time alone is being forced out of our lives by the constant pings of smartphones and prods of social media. After all, it is when we are alone that we realise the greatest truths about ourselves. But what if being alone still has something to offer us - something we have forgotten but that we still desperately need? In Solitude, award-winning author Michael Harris examines why being alone matters now more than ever before. He reflects on the paradoxical feeling of isolation that emerges from being constantly connected - and on how