{"product_id":"cognitive-extinction-nita-a-farahany-9781250432247","title":"Cognitive Extinction: Saving Human Thought While We Still Can","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan we adapt to the modern world without sacrificing the critical thinking, ethical reflection, and human spirit that have always guided us?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt started with a picture of Nita Farahany's daughter grinning in front of a birthday cake in a sunny kitchen, cheerfully resurfaced by her phone. First, a pang of joy, then confusion. Hadn't Aristella sobbed as everyone sang? Wasn't rain streaming down the windowpane? Nita asked her husband, and he reached for his own phone to double-check. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the moment of surrender, where our memories start to bend toward the version technology serves us instead of the moment we actually lived. Something has shifted; we defer to the algorithm, and whatever was underneath--the felt knowledge, the thing we used to trust--erodes. We all sense this intuitively, in our difficulty focusing or holding a train of thought, or the restlessness our children seem to carry that's far beyond teenage angst. Trust that discomfort. It's a signal, and this book will help you understand what it means. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are plenty of important books about what screens and technology are doing to us, but they tend to assume that the problem is technological; if we limit our exposure to devices, or find some right combination of regulations and parental controls, we can get back what we've lost. \u003ci\u003eCognitive Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e begins from a different place. It's true that our ability to think freely is being undermined at every turn by systems that prioritize speed, spectacle, or profit over the deliberate, self-directed pursuit of truth, growth, and purpose. But instead of simply asking what technology is doing to us, Farahany asks what a human mind needs to become capable of freedom itself, so that we can build a future that is vibrant, ethical, and interconnected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply felt and rooted in the very latest developments in neuroscience, this book is an urgent call to take a stand and safeguard our cognitive liberty; without it, we will soon lose the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood, depth from distraction, and originality from hollow spectacle. It challenges us all to become moral pioneers--leaders who integrate technological breakthroughs and non-human intelligences into a new world that remains deeply human and ethically robust, where everyone can continue to flourish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nita A. Farahany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250432243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250432247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Nita A. Farahany","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49084131442943,"sku":"9781250432247","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cognitive-extinction-nita-a-farahany-9781250432247","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}