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Levitin, Daniel

Organized mind thinking straight in the age of information overload - Dutton 2020 - xxvi,513,iip.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION xiii
Information and Conscientious Organization
PART ONE
1. TOO MUCH INFORMATION, TOO MANY DECISIONS 3
The Inside History of Cognitive Overload
2. THE FIRST THINGS TO GET STRAIGHT 37
How Attention and Memory Work
PART TWO
3. ORGANIZING OUR HOMES 77
Where Things Can Start to Get Better
4.0RGANIZING OUR SOCIAL WORLD 113
How Humans Connect Now
5. ORGANIZING OUR TIME 160
What Is the Mystery?
6.ORGANIZING INFORMATION FOR THE HARDEST DECISIONS 219
When Life Is on the Line
7. ORGANIZING THE BUSINESS WORLD 268
How We Create Value
PART THREE
8. WHAT TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN 329
The Future of the Organized Mind
9. EVERYTHING ELSE 370
The Power of the Junk Drawer
APPENDIX 385
Constructing Your Own Fourfold Tables
NOTES 397
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 483
INDEX 485
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 497


ISBN: 9780147516312

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jainism -- Doctrines.
Attention.
Time management.
Orderliness.

Dewey Class. No.: 153.42 / LEV