The Sirens Call by Chris Hayes

The Sirens Call by Chris HayesFrom the New York Times bestselling author and television and podcast host, a powerful, wide angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society. We all feel it the distraction, the loss of focus, the addictive focus on the wrong things for too long. We bump into the zombies on their phones in the street, and sometimes they're us. We stare in pity at

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A celebration of community

With charming text and bright full-color illustrations

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