Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World

 
　　「在這個被注意力渙散所毒害的世界，麥茲伯格提供了一劑解藥。《Look》將幫助你重拾觀察力、培養獨立思考的能力、建立你以為自己不曾擁有的洞察力。」──《未來在等待的銷售人才》、《後悔的力量》作者丹尼爾‧品克
 
　　我們忘了如何去付出關注力，《演算法下的行銷優勢》作者麥茲伯格，在這部全新作品中，指出仔細聆聽、有意識地觀察，是一項至關重要，但並非與生俱來的技能。加上無所不在的社群媒體、加劇的社會疏離感，以及使用空洞的想像力和意識形態，取代直接的觀察，我們正失去理解這個世界的能力──而這又正是我們現在迫切需要做到的事。
 
　　麥茲伯格注意到這個令人憂心的趨勢，並在其任教的美國紐約新學院大學，與另兩位教授共同開立「人類觀察課程」。這部作品整理了這一廣受學生好評的課程內容，麥茲伯格在書中指出，許多人被困在舊習慣中，觀看世界上發生的一切，但卻沒有真正「看見」這些人事物，以及最重要的──人類行為的背景脈絡，他帶領我們了解關鍵的觀察技巧，向讀者解析，我們可以如何重新獲取這種「超觀察力」。本書充滿令人信服的洞見與智慧，向讀者說明，我們可以如何運用更敏銳的觀察力，和他人建立更良好的關係、活出富有同理心的人生。

　　A fascinating exploration of how we pay attention that will transform the ways we connect with each other—at work, at home, and beyond

　　We’ve forgotten how to pay attention, Christian Madsbjerg says in his provocative new book. Listening carefully and observing intentionally are crucial human skills, yet we’re not born knowing how to do them. And thanks to the ubiquity of social media, increasing social isolation, and the use of empty imagery and ideology as stand-ins for direct observation, we’re losing our ability to interpret the world at a time when we desperately need to do that. 

　　Madsbjerg, a consultant and a professor at the New School, noticed this disturbing trend and in 2015 began to coteach a course on human observation called Human Observation. To his surprise, the course has been oversubscribed since the beginning, with hundreds of students—philosophy and business majors, undergrads and graduate students—signing up for it, and hundreds more on waiting lists.

　　In this book, Madsbjerg argues that most of us are stuck in bad habits of looking at the world without truly seeing it, and he guides us through the key observational skills we need to explain how we can recapture our ability to truly pay attention—what he calls “the meta-skill of observation.” Pulling from his own background and drawing examples from the arts, philosophy, and beyond, Madsbjerg has written a book of insight and practical wisdom that highlights how we can pay sharper attention to live with more empathy and connect better with others.