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Maggie Jackson

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Hi, I'm Maggie Jackson, the author of Distracted: Reclaiming Our Focus in a World of Lost Attention (Prometheus Books, 2nd Ed, 2018) and What's Happening to Home: Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age (Sorin Books, 2002) . When it first came out, Distracted inspired a global conversation on the costs of fragmenting our focus in a technological age. It's been compared by Fast Company magazine to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring for offering the first warning of a looming crisis in our society. Now in an updated edition, I offer a renewed wake-up call and a path forward as we reckon...

Peter J. Hotez

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Peter J. Hotez is an American scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. He serves as founding dean and chief of the Baylor College of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine in the Department of pediatrics and holds the Texas Children's Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics.