The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction PB_Gift_Guide he's a giant manchild who's

he's a giant manchild who's never been serious in his life

or to venture into the darkness and reach for hope once more

or the curveballs life throws at you

She'd rather read old speeches and hang out with the Sibyls who are on her side-especially Felicity

The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction PB_Gift_Guide he's a giant manchild who'sA revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later. The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We fantasize about escaping our screens. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world with less noise. We imagine