The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

　　大眾常抱怨外界干擾會輕易地影響思緒、中斷思考，為什麼人的意志力會那麼薄弱呢？哲學家，同時是摩托車技師的作者馬修．柯勞佛，仔細觀察冰上曲棍球員與點心廚師的專注力、賭徒的半自閉性行為、日常生活裡常見的麻煩，以及製造管風琴的細緻工藝後，發現現代人擁有的專注危機，表面上來自3C用品，但追根究柢後，才知道主因是與人性背道而馳的西方文化。

　　書中以大量實例佐證理論，比方搭機時讓人感覺無力的重重安檢，或是再度席捲的嬉皮風潮，柯勞佛信手捻來，讓複雜的道理一讀就通。身處於紛擾嘈雜、選擇過剩的時代裡，科技並非一切問題的答案，本書是現代人理解自我處境的不二選擇。(文/ 博客來編譯)

作者簡介

　　Matthew B. Crawford is a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and a fabricator of components for custom motorcycles. His bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work, which has been translated into nine languages, has prompted a wide rethinking of education and labor policies in the United States and Europe, leading The Sunday Times to call him "one of the most influential thinkers of our time."