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008			230113s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng
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035			_a(OCoLC)1348864384 _z(OCoLC)1388646263
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092			_a153.733 _bM183
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100	1		_aMadsbjerg, Christian, _eauthor. _9242414
245	1	0	_aLook : _bhow to pay attention in a distracted world / _cChristian Madsbjerg.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRiverhead Books, _c2023.
300			_axvii, 234 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"A fascinating exploration of how we pay attention that will transform the ways we connect with each other--at work, at home, and beyond. We've forgotten how to pay attention, Christian Madsbjerg says in his provocative new book. Listening carefully and observing intentionally are crucial human skills, yet we're not born knowing how to do them. And thanks to the ubiquity of social media, increasing social isolation, and the use of empty imagery and ideology as stand-ins for direct observation, we're losing our ability to interpret the world at a time when we desperately need to do that. Madsbjerg, a consultant and a professor at the New School, noticed this disturbing trend and in 2015 began to coteach a course on human observation called Human Observation. To his surprise, the course has been oversubscribed since the beginning, with hundreds of students--philosophy and business majors, undergrads and graduate students--signing up for it, and hundreds more on waiting lists. In this book, Madsbjerg argues that most of us are stuck in bad habits of looking at the world without truly seeing it, and he guides us through the key observational skills we need to explain how we can recapture our ability to truly pay attention--what he calls "the meta-skill of observation." Pulling from his own background and drawing examples from the arts, philosophy, and beyond, Madsbjerg has written a book of insight and practical wisdom that highlights how we can pay sharper attention to live with more empathy and connect better with others"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aIntroduction: the most difficult thing to see is what is really there -- How to look -- Part one. The foundation of the practice : learning to see ourselves seeing -- The magic of perception -- The first looking lab : the story of gestalt -- Three artists : how to see beyond convention and cliché -- Part one primer : six common misunderstandings about how we see the world -- Part two. Getting started -- The great excavation : beginning with clean observation -- Essays and thoughts : exercises to inspire your practice -- An innovation in seeing : using the lens of doubt -- How to listen : paying attention to social silence -- Looking for cultural shifts : how change happens -- Observing details : finding portals to insight -- Seeing the future in the present : the story of my looking lab -- Everything you need to know begins with birds -- Observation takes time.
650		0	_aAttention. _932713
650		0	_aDistraction (Psychology) _9147470
650		0	_aObservation (Psychology)
655		7	_aSelf-help publications. _2lcgft _9322522
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