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I haven't watched the 5-hour documentary yet, but I've rocked out to the 7-hour soundtrack.

Billy Joel's debut solo album, Cold Spring Harbor, was notoriously poorly mixed, sped up for a chipmunk-like sound. It was re-mixed in 1983, without Joel's participation, and was a mild improvement. For this soundtrack, there is a new mix of 'Got to Begin Again' and 'Tomorrow is Today', and they are excellent!

https://youtu.be/yHw2rv2qJMg

I like Chris Hayes as a TV anchor, but I *really* like him as an author and audiobook narrator. (A Colony in a Nation was also great.) I‘d recommend this book to anyone interested in the challenges of attention in our media/info-oversaturated age (and especially to anyone who, like me, just can‘t with Jonathan Haidt‘s work). Hayes is VERY grounded in sociology here, which made me very happy.

We do not care that we laughed so hard at the podcast we listened to on our walk, that the neighbors must think we‘re crazy. #wdncw

This was a very good book! It unpacks the monetization and colonization of our attention, how prone we are becoming to distraction, the difference between attention and connection, how news is spread, and more. I would highly recommend!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I found this more insightful than I expected. It was not individual strategies for reducing time online or scrolling but instead went into more societal trends and pressures related to monetized attention. He makes some interesting points and I learned a few things.

Really interesting! This nonfiction book from the MSNBC journalist is a spot on treatise on attention, politics, media, and human connection. Great on audio, read by the author. This one made me think!

44/100 I've always enjoyed Chris Hayes' TV show, and this book is very relevant to today's information overload society. Our attention is divided by many sources fighting for our views, twits, posts and likes. As readers, we all know the struggle to maintain our attention, when the cellphone, the internet, and the TV is trying to lure away our attention. Donald Trump is the first president of the "Attention Age", someone pathetically unqualified⬇️

I like it when life syncs up with what I'm reading. Yesterday a storm knocked out the power from 7pm until 10am this morning. No TV, no wi-fi, no internet, and once my phone ran down, no ebooks or audiobooks. No distractions at all, just the printed book to read. Is there something wrong with me when I say that I found no distractions very distracting? I tried to concentration on the book, but I found my mind wandering. It's not the book's ⬇️

My #Roll100 books for April. 🎲 24 and 🎲 36 are pending library holds. 🎲 16 is probably going to be purchased since it‘s not at any library branches or libby.

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You probably already feel a certain way about Chris Hayes. You either find him boyishly charming, cute as a button and nerdily sexy or.... wait what was I talking about? Audio read by the author A+, an excellent analysis of an issue we all know deep down is at the heart of what ails us.