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Harris, Michael, 1980-
Solitude.
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Solitude : a singular life in a crowded world / Michael Harris.
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Harris, Michael, 1980-
Doubleday Canada, 2017.
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155
.92
H315s
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Solitude.
ISBN:
9780385686044
9780385686068 (pbk.)
Description:
273 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The dark-born magic -- Part I: The uses of solitude -- All together now -- What is solitude for? -- Part II: Bolt from the blue -- The wandering mind -- Daydream destroyers -- Part III: Who do you think you are? -- Style -- You have to taste this -- Stranger in a strange land -- A walk in the wilds -- Part IV: Knowing others -- Social stories -- Love letters -- The failing body -- The cabin in the woods.
Summary:
"The capacity to be alone--properly alone--is one of life's subtlest skills. Real solitude is a contented and productive state that garners tangible rewards: it allows us to reflect and recharge, improving our relationships with ourselves and, paradoxically, with others. Today, the zeitgeist embraces sharing like never before. Fueled by our dependence on online and social media, we have created an ecosystem of obsessive distraction that dangerously undervalues solitude. Many of us now lead lives of strangely crowded loneliness--we are ever-connected, but only shallowly so. Award-winning author Michael Harris examines why our experience of solitude has become so impoverished, and how we may grow to love it again in the frenzy of our digital landscape. Solitude is an optimistic and encouraging story about discovering true quiet inside the city, inside the crowd, inside our busy and urbane lives. Harris guides readers away from a life of ceaseless pings toward a state of measured connectivity, one that balances solitude and companionship. Rich with true stories about the life-changing power of solitude, and interwoven with reporting from the world's foremost brain researchers, psychologists and tech entrepreneurs, Solitude is a beautiful and prescriptive statement on the benefits of being alone."--From publisher.
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