![]() ![]() We can choose to check notifications just a couple of times a day. ![]() This is, of course, a circumstance mostly of our own creation, constructed click by click. But I wonder why The New York Times feels it is urgent to alert me, as they did this week, about "The 6 Best Men's and Women's Cashmere Sweaters." I am grateful to get up to the minute pings on the shakeup in Congress or that the Bears have won. We get interrupted so many times a day that these effects can add up to meaningful decreases in our well-being and social connection." "It takes extra time and effort to switch our attention. "Humans are not good at multitasking," Professor Kushlev reminded us. I get push alerts from news sites, municipalities, delivery services, political figures, co-workers, scammers, and various purveyors of soap, socks, and shampoos, offering discounts and flash sales. I doubted those figures until I scrolled through my own home screen. This can have obvious effects on productivity and stress, but also our own well-being and of those around us." "The simple ping of a notification is enough to pull our attention elsewhere," Kosta Kushlev, a behavioral scientist at Georgetown University, told us. This constant cascade distracts us from work, life, and each other. ![]() And according to a new study from Common Sense media, the number is far higher for teenagers, whose phones ding and vibrate with hundreds or even thousands of daily alerts. The average American reportedly gets about 70 smartphone notifications a day. Oh, I can still meet my activity goal if I take a brisk 26 minute walk!. Robin Wilson touches on the role of ancient Mesopotamia in his best books on the history of mathematics and Stephen Cave recommends the ancient Mesopotamian epic, Gilgamesh, in his best books on immortality.I have some important information. ![]() Peter Atkins talks about early Mesopotamia in his best books on the emergence of understanding and Amira Bennison talks about the central role played by Baghdad in her best books on science and islam. Diarmaid MacCulloch chooses his best books on the history of Christianity and recommends The Church of the East by Christoph Baumer as essential to understanding the role of Christianity in the Middle East. Other interviews look at Iraq as the cradle of civilisation. Venkatesh Rao discusses related themes in his best books on how the world works. John Gray discusses the Iraq crisis in his best critiques of utopia and apocalypse and Lawrence Kaplan puts the Iraq war in a longer political perspective with his best books on US intervention. Yosri Fouda includes Against All Enemies by Richard Clarke in his best books on 9/11. E J Dionne's choices on the appeal of conservatism include The neoconservatives: the origins of a movement by Peter Steinfels. There are numerous interviews that touch on the politics and ideology that led to the decision to go to war. Stephen Armstrong on private armies and Hugh Gusterson on drone warfare look at controversial aspects of the actual fighting. Lorraine Adams on the truth behind the headlines and Darius Rejali on violence and torture both touch on some of the more controversial aspects of the lead up to the war in Iraq and the occupation of the country in their broader discussion of these themes. Chris Abbott on global security, Jeremy Greenstock on diplomacy and Mary Habeck on terrorism all discuss the invasion and its consequences, as does Jason Burke with his best books on Islamic militancy. May Witwit chooses the best books on Life in Iraq during the invasion, while Nabeel Yasin looks at democracy in Iraq. Patrick Cockburn gives his best books on the Iraq war, and others look at particular aspects of the conflict, its causes and its consequences. Colin Freeman offers his best books on Iraq, and the civil rights campaigner, Kanan Makiya, recommends his best books on the history of Iraq. There are a couple of general interviews dedicated to the country. We have a plethora of material on Iraq at five books. Foreign Policy & International Relations. ![]()
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