A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention

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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention Books Info

Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: William Morrow (September 23, 2014)
Language: English

ISBN-10: 0062284061
ISBN-13: 978-0062284068
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
In 2006, a pair of rocket scientists died on a Utah highway, killed in a collision with a student named Reggie Shaw, who had been texting at the time of the accident. A Deadly Wandering uses this moment to launch itself into an investigation/rumination on the increasing presence of technology in our lives, probing for answers to the question How much is too much? This might have been boring if anyone but Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel had written it. The result is anything but: Richtel has combined his savvy as a New York Times science reporter with his skill as a writer of technology-infused thrillers to weave two separate, if related, stories together: the tragedy and ultimate redemption of Reggie Shaw, and the deleterious effects of technology on our brains, bodies, and culture. A Deadly Wandering is a riveting blend of humanity and science, and a masterful work of narrative nonfiction. Read A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention online book today.

A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention Books Reviews

I chose this book because I have young text fiends in my extended family and worry about them as they begin to drive. More than a manual of safety tips for parents of inattentive drivers, A DEADLY WANDERING closely follows the result of an accident that could have been avoided. We get to know the victims, the perpetrator, the families affected.
There are some passages of scientific detail on the brain, the ways that people can multi-task and the ways that they cannot. Though science, especially neuroscience, may be a no-go for some readers, it is definitely something for that latent scientist is me, the wordsmith.
A DEADLY WANDERING, written by Pulitzer Prize winner, Matt Richtel, will hold your attention as well as any well-written true crime book out there. That it is applicable to each and every family with a driver or a phone addict or a texter among them makes it that much more important. If I were teaching AP Lit or AP Science or a college course, this book would be on my syllabus. It is that important. Get online A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention now.