New Releases by Joshua Foer

Amazon地理類／旅遊類暢銷冠軍 4.8顆星超高評價，累積超過3,500則旅行愛好者的激賞評價 《紐約時報》年度暢銷書，全球超過100萬讀者購買支持 人類最初為何想開始旅行？ ──想開開心心地迷失方向，從熟悉中抽身，為新事物驚豔 這不是一本傳統的旅遊書，反而更像是一種珍奇屋，揭露大家意想不到、忽略掉的奇特及神祕地點。厚達480頁的豐富內容，帶你遨遊世界七大洲，探訪各種自然奇觀、特殊建築、歷史故事、科技新知以及難以想像的習俗及活動。 引人入勝的描述、超過800張照片插圖、令人吃驚的圖表、世界各地區的地圖，還有12個世界人氣城市指南：倫敦、巴黎、柏林、布達佩斯、莫斯科、上海、東京、開羅、洛杉磯、紐約、布宜諾斯艾利斯、墨西哥城。不論何時何地翻開本書，都可以讓人身臨其境，驚喜不斷。 有傳統、有驚嘆、有獵奇、有絕美……結合全球最在地景點！ 改變你思考世界的方式，擴展你的感受，真正體會這世界有多奇妙。 ▌在納米比亞草地上出現的「精靈圈」，彷彿有生命般會變大變小，這些天然禿斑的神祕起源讓科學家們困惑不已。 ▌美國華盛頓國家大教堂，建築優雅地融合了飛拱及新哥德式尖頂，以及精緻的黑武士達斯．達維雕像，真的不是惡搞。 ▌橘色光暈照亮了夜晚的沙漠，因探鑽天然氣時意外造成的「地獄之門」，熊熊烈火已經在土庫曼燃燒了40年。 ▌自羅馬帝國時期就開採的羅馬尼亞地下鹽礦，現在裡面有摩天輪、迷你高爾夫球場，還可做水療SPA。 ▌美國猶他州這片顫楊，是世界上最重的單一有機體，4萬多根樹幹重達近6千公噸，並且高齡8萬年。 ▌充滿懷舊風的澳洲旅行主題：在公路旅行途中與各種「巨物」──大香蕉、大鳳梨、大無尾熊──拍紀念照。 Airbnb認證投資，最炙手可熱的旅遊內容及服務平台， 為旅行、知識、探險愛好者精心策畫的非大眾旅行指南。 Atlas Obscura是世界上最受歡迎的旅遊平台之一，創立於2009年，旨在介紹世界各地最有趣、珍奇、冷僻、不為人知的旅遊地點及體驗，他們向網友募集世界私房景點，旅遊文章涵蓋歷史、科學、飲食、奇人異事等主題。在獲得包含《紐約時報》在內的投資者資金後，他們開始了旅遊導覽服務，並於2017年底，新增加了Gastro Obscura內容，介紹世界上最獨特的地方美食及各種飲食故事。 2019年，Atlas Obscura獲得來自Airbnb的2,000萬美元投資，經營重心加強至提供更多元的旅遊行程，及各種短程旅行和體驗課程／行程。不同於一般傳統旅行團，他們設計了諸如前往墨西哥見證帝王蝶遷徙，或是到里斯本學習製作葡式蛋塔等更深入在地文化且與眾不同的主題行程。2020年由華倫．韋伯斯特（Warren Webster）出任新任CEO，他過去曾任新聞平台Patch Media總裁暨共同創辦人，葛妮絲．派特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow）的生活風格品牌goop的營運長，及時尚部網站Coveteur的總裁兼CEO。 目前Atlas Obscura網站每個月有600萬訪客，並擁有超過22,000個由世界各地網友所提供的景點、14,000則旅遊文章以及上千團旅遊體驗。它們也提供線上課程／體驗、Podcast及深度主題影片等服務，並擁有自家專屬App。 【名人推薦】 激發旅行癖的紙上珍奇屋。──《紐約時報》（New York Times） 我最愛的旅遊指南！不知道哪裡有鬧鬼的旅館或是地獄入口，絕對不要展開旅行！──吉勒摩．戴托羅（Guillermo del Toro）／《水底情深》（The Shape of Water）、《羊男的迷宮》（Pan’s Labyrinth）金獎導演 這本書就像它所描述的世界一樣充滿好奇和引人入勝。每一頁都揭示了一個隱祕的領域——這些領域可能令人恐懼、滑稽、有魔力，或是純粹的瘋狂，但總能讓讀者感到驚奇。──大衛．格雷恩（David Grann）／《花月殺手》（Killers of the Flower Moon）作者 《祕境》第2版是一份迷人的禮物，能讓收到這本書的人進入某種延長的迷幻狀態。從第一頁到最後一頁都是「世界上的隱藏版奇觀」！──《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal） 這本書會讓你想打包平淡的生活，前往從來沒想過要去的地方，看看根本想像不到的事物。一讀再讀，仍覺樂趣無窮。──尼爾．蓋曼（Neil Gaiman）／《睡魔》（Sandman）、《美國眾神》（American Gods）作者 人生苦短，地球充滿不凡的奇蹟⋯⋯這本妙書就是你的指南！──菲利浦．佩帝（Phillippe Petit）／高空鋼索藝術家、探險家

From the bestselling authors of Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura comes a nature book like no other—a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world''s most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It''s more than a field guide–it''s an adventure. From the curious minds of Atlas Obscura, authors of #1 New York Times bestselling Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura, comes an unputdownable celebration of the world''s living wonders. Learn how dung beetles navigate by the stars, and trees communicate through their roots. Meet one of the strongest animals in the world: the puny peacock mantis shrimp. Pay your respects to a 44,000 year old shrub, float along flying rivers, and explore a garbage dump overseen by endangered storks. Examine old examples of bird song notation written on sheet music. Also, first person interviews: hear from a honey hunter and his avian partners, a scientist working to find the world''s only ocean-dwelling insects, and an offshore radio DJ who is at the heart of the local fishing community. Featuring over 500 extraordinary plants, animals, and natural phenomena, with illustrations and photos on every page, the book takes readers around the globe—from Antarctic deserts to lush jungles, and into the deepest fathoms of the ocean and the hearts of our densest cities. Teeming with detail and wildly entertaining, Wild Life reinvigorates our sense of wonder, awe and amazement about the incredible creatures we share our planet with.

Let your curiosity be your guide. Boxed set includes bestselling travel adventure titles Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura.

Discover wonder. “A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper.”— New York Times Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and changed the way we think about the world, expanding our sense of how strange and marvelous it really is. This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with more than 100 new places, dozens and dozens of new photographs, and two very special features: twelve city guides, covering Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Plus a foldout map with a dream itinerary for the ultimate around-the-world road trip. More a cabinet of curiosities than traditional guidebook, Atlas Obscura revels in the unexpected, the overlooked, the bizarre, and the mysterious. Here are natural wonders, like the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can sit and drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M. C. Escher–like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby-Jumping Festival in Spain—and no, it’s not the babies doing the jumping, but masked men dressed as devils who vault over rows of squirming infants. Every page gets to the very core of why humans want to travel in the first place: to be delighted and disoriented, uprooted from the familiar and amazed by the new. With its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, and new city guides, it is a book you can open anywhere and be transported. But proceed with caution: It’s almost impossible not to turn to the next entry, and the next, and the next.

Praised as the "bestest travel guide ever" (Mary Roach) and "a joy to read and reread" (Neil Gaiman), Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of travel books: "Odds are you won''t get past three pages without being amazed" (San Francisco Chronicle) It rocketed to the top of bestseller lists and has over 626,000 copies in print since its publication in late 2016. Now the best gets better and the weirdest gets weirder with this completely revised and updated second edition that includes 120 new entries that offer readers even more of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth. In addition, the second edition includes a full-colour gatefold Atlas Obscura road trip map, with a dream itinerary. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant travel community that''s grown substantially since the original edition - not only online but in stores, too, with the recent publication of the -1 New York Times bestseller The Atlas Obscura Explorer''s Guide for the World''s Most Adventurous Kid - Atlas Obscura expands the reader''s sense of what''s possible. Oversized, beautifully packaged, compellingly written, scrupulously researched, and filled with photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and more, it is the book that inspires equal parts wonder and wanderlust. It informs us on every page of something we never knew - and paints a rich panorama of what a marvellously strange world we live in. For the travel lover and curious reader, it''s a gift book that''s literally impossible to put down.

Miért dolgozzunk „állandó béta üzemmódban”? Hogyan válhat kedvtelésünk hivatássá? Mi mindennel járulhatnak hozzá mások képességeink kibontakoztatásához? Ebben az igényesen összeállított kötetben húsz, a maga területén meghatározó vezető, többek között Scott Belsky, Jocelyn K. Glei és Tony Schwartz mutatja be a gyökeresen átalakult munkaerőpiacon bevált stratégiáit. Ehhez kapunk praktikus tippeket a karrierlehetőségeink megteremtése, az önfejlesztés, a networking és a kockázatvállalás témájában. Hasznos útravaló, hogy ne csupán sodródjunk a munka világában, hanem megelégedéssel végezzük a küldetésünknek érzett feladatokat.

It''s time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders—the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that''s so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan''s 40-year hole of fire called the Gates of Hell, a graveyard for decommissioned ships on the coast of Bangladesh, eccentric bone museums in Italy, or a weather-forecasting invention that was powered by leeches, still on display in Devon, England. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, ATLAS OBSCURA revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer. Anyone can be a tourist. ATLAS OBSCURA is for the explorer.

Un om obișnuit irosește cam 40 de zile pe an pentru a compensa lucrurile pe care le-a uitat. O astfel de persoană era și jurnalistul American Joshua Foer... până în 2005, când a asistat la Campionatul de Memorare al Statelor Unite cu intenția de a scrie un articol pentru o revistă. Fascinat de performanțele „atleților minții“, a început să se antreneze în tehnici de memorare, ajutat de Ed Cooke, un tânăr maestru european. A ajuns să stăpânească metode vechi de mii de ani – precum palatul memoriei – folosite de Cicero și de alți mari oratori ai Antichității, dar și de învățații Evului Mediu. După numai un an, Foer a devenit campionul la memorare al SUA, uimind o lume întreagă. Cartea de față este povestea transformării sale dintr-o persoană obișnuită, care uită unde a pus cheile de la mașină (sau chiar mașina), într-un as al memorării, capabil să retina ordinea cărților dintr-un pachet de joc în cinci minute și să spună pe de rost sute de zecimale ale numărului pi. Scrisă cu mult umor și cu inteligență, cartea este o pledoarie pentru redescoperirea lumii în care trăim și pentru autodepășire. Absolut fenomenală... Cartea ne reaminteşte că pornim cu toţii cu acelaşi bagaj; contează ce facem cu el pe drum. Bill Gates Captivant... Narațiune inteligentă și amuzantă și, ca și lucrările lui Oliver Sacks, extrasă dintr-un umanism profund. The New York Times

This is a summary of Joshua Foer''s Moonwalking with Einstein The Art and Science Of Remembering EverythingFoer''s unlikely journey from chronically forgetful science journalist to U.S. Memory Champion frames a revelatory exploration of the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.On average, people squander forty days annually compensating for things they''ve forgotten. Joshua Foer used to be one of those people. But after a year of memory training, he found himself in the finals of the U.S. Memory Championship. Even more important, Foer found a vital truth we too often forget: In every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.Moonwalking with Einstein draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of memory, and venerable tricks of the mentalist''s trade to transform our understanding of human remembering. Under the tutelage of top "mental athletes," he learns ancient techniques once employed by Cicero to memorize his speeches and by Medieval scholars to memorize entire books. Using methods that have been largely forgotten, Foer discovers that we can all dramatically improve our memories.Immersing himself obsessively in a quirky subculture of competitive memorizers, Foer learns to apply techniques that call on imagination as much as determination-showing that memorization can be anything but rote. From the PAO system, which converts numbers into lurid images, to the memory palace, in which memories are stored in the rooms of imaginary structures, Foer''s experience shows that the World Memory Championships are less a test of memory than of perseverance and creativity.Foer takes his inquiry well beyond the arena of mental athletes-across the country and deep into his own mind. In San Diego, he meets an affable old man with one of the most severe case of amnesia on record, where he learns that memory is at once more elusive and more reliable than we might think. In Salt Lake City, he swaps secrets with a savant who claims to have memorized more than nine thousand books. At a high school in the South Bronx, he finds a history teacher using twenty- five-hundred-year-old memory techniques to give his students an edge in the state Regents exam.At a time when electronic devices have all but rendered our individual memories obsolete, Foer''s bid to resurrect the forgotten art of remembering becomes an urgent quest. Moonwalking with Einstein brings Joshua Foer to the apex of the U.S. Memory Championship and readers to a profound appreciation of a gift we all possess but that too often slips our minds.Available in a variety of formats, this summary is aimed for those who want to capture the gist of the book but don''t have the current time to devour all 320 pages. You get the main summary along with all of the benefits and lessons the actual book has to offer. This summary is not intended to be used without reference to the original book.

I boken Moonwalking med Einstein får man høre om minnets kulturhistorie fra antikken og mot middelalderen. I boken illustreres det hvordan man kan bedre sin hukommelse ved bruk av enkle grep. Forfatteren har tidligere vært med i USA Memory Championship og gått helt til topps.

Vietnamese version of journalist Joshua Foer''s adventure into the search for the most effective way to improve one''s memory... Vietnamese translation by Phu Quy. In Vietnamese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Joshua Foer, en ung journalist, ska skildra de amerikanska minnesmästerskapen, och får till sin förvåning veta att han skulle kunna ställa upp i nästa års mästerskap om han bara tränar ordentligt - och att han faktiskt har en hyfsad vinstchans. Han, som själv brukar glömma det mesta, bestämmer sig för att gräva djupare för att förstå vad som ligger bakom minnesmästarnas enastående prestationer. I den internationella bästsäljaren Moonwalk med Einstein får vi följa hur Foer under ett år tränar upp sin minnesförmåga och samtidigt försöker förstå vetenskapen om minnet och vår inlärningsförmåga, hur minnet fungerar, dess naturliga begränsningar och gömda potential. De tekniker han får lära sig är sannerligen inte nya. De härstammar från antikens Grekland och har spelat en stor roll i den mänskliga historien ända fram till vår tid. Med en minnesmästares egna ord: "... minnesträning handlar inte bara om att kunna visa upp ett kul partytrick utan om att slå vakt om något djupt och ursprungligt mänskligt." Och hur gick det för Joshua Foer i tävlingen? I Moonwalk med Einstein får du svaret.

Traditional Chinese edition of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer. On average, people squander forty days annually compensating for things they''ve forgotten. Joshua Foer used to be one of those people. But after a year of memory training, he found himself in the finals of the U.S. Memory Championship. Foer also found a vital truth we too often forget: In every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories. This book is both a story and a self-help book to remember things. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory “Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer''s yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist''s trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author''s own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.

«Foer demuestra que podemos cambiar nuestro cerebro.», EDUARDO PUNSET. El libro de no ficción del año en más de 30 países. Cuarenta días. Éste es el tiempo que perdemos de media cada año por culpa de lo que olvidamos. A Joshua Foer le sucedía exactamente esto, pero después de entrenar durante un año, ganó el campeonato de memoria de Estados Unidos, un concurso en el que participan personas capaces de realizar hazañas increíbles, como memorizar 1.528 números aleatorios en una hora. Éste es el punto de partida de este libro, que demuestra que la memoria es un don que poseemos todos, aunque a menudo ignoremos nuestro potencial. Foer rastrea la historia de las técnicas mnemotécnicas desde la antigua Grecia hasta nuestros días; entrevista a neurocientíficos, amnésicos, filósofos y jugadores de ajedrez, y se somete a un escáner cerebral para fotografiar su memoria. Gracias a todo ello, nos revela cómo mejorar de forma impresionante nuestra capacidad de recordar, y responde a preguntas sorprendentes, como qué relación existe entre memoria e inteligencia y qué significa olvidar. Los desafíos de la memoria se ha convertido en el libro revelación de no ficción del año en Estados Unidos e Inglaterra: ha permanecido meses en la lista de más vendidos de The New York Times, Amazon lo ha seleccionado entre los mejores libros del 2011 y está ya en vías de publicación en más de treinta países. En unos tiempos en los que la tecnología amenaza con desbancar nuestro cerebro, el libro de Joshua Foer es un imprescindible descubrimiento de nuestro talento

Avez-vous déjà réussi à mémoriser deux paquets de cartes en moins de cinq minutes ? Un poème de cinquante vers en quinze minutes ? Une liste de mille chiffres aléatoires en cinq minutes ? Non ? C''est pourtant à la portée de tout le monde ! Cet ouvrage insolite, à la fois ludique et d''une rare intelligence scientifique, retrace la surprenante histoire de la mémoire à travers les civilisations et propose des méthodes pour en comprendre le fonctionnement. Le journaliste Joshua Foer, après un entraînement d''un an seulement, s''est retrouvé lui-même champion des États-Unis de mémorisation. Il raconte ici comment il a appris les techniques anciennes utilisées par les plus grands orateurs (tel Cicéron) pour retenir leurs discours et par les philosophes médiévaux pour mémoriser des ouvrages entiers. Chacun, a-t-il ainsi découvert, est en mesure d''améliorer sa mémoire. Celle-ci est affaire d''images et d''imagination, et non d''apprentissage par coeur ! À l''ère de l''informatique, notre mémoire individuelle est devenue obsolète. Joshua Foer nous alerte sur l''urgence de la reconquérir et de la cultiver, en nous forçant à une réflexion sur ce don que nous possédons tous et qui dort bien trop souvent au fond de notre âme. Vous qui avez pour habitude d''oublier votre propre numéro de téléphone, vos rendez-vous quotidiens, ou l''endroit où vous avez garé votre voiture, vous trouverez dans ce livre passionnant la solution à vos trous de mémoire, ainsi qu''un entraînement à suivre pour parfaire celle-ci. "Une leçon inoubliable" The Washington Post

Máte občas pocit, že jste otroky svého chytrého telefonu, Googlu nebo Wikipedie? Stává se vám, že nejste sto si vzpomenout, kde jste nechali klíčky od auta, nebo dokonce auto samotné? Nepanikařte! Inspirativní a zábavná kniha Šetři se, Einsteine! vás provede technikami, které vám pomohou obnovit netušenou kapacitu vaší paměti. Autor se poutavou a zábavnou formou označovanou jako reality show v knižní podobě snaží zjistit, co je podstatou vynikající paměti, a vydává se jako aktivní pozorovatel na mistrovství USA v paměťových dovednostech, aby se tam setkal s lidmi disponujícími mimořádnými paměťovými schopnostmi. O rok později se na tutéž soutěž vrací znovu – nyní již jako rovnocenný soupeř a jeden z aspirantů na celkové vítězství. K úspěchu mu pomohl intenzivní trénink paměti, kdy strávil řadu měsíců studiem antických mnemotechnických metod, s nimiž se seznámil při své první návštěvě soutěže. Foerovo podivuhodné dobrodružství, představující autorovu proměnu z chronicky zapomětlivého novináře v šampióna Spojených států v paměťových dovednostech, slouží jako zajímavý rámec objevného zkoumání onoho nesmírného, a přitom skrytého vlivu, který má paměť na každý aspekt našeho života. Knihu, která vychází ve 23 zemích a hned po vydání se stala bestselerem New York Times, můžete číst jako praktickou příručku pro zlepšení paměti i jako příběh paměti naší civilizace, antickými školami počínaje a přenosem paměti na externí disky počítačů konče. Po přečtení této knihy už nikdy nebudete tupě stát před ledničkou a ptát se sami sebe, pro co jste to vlastně šli.

Een gemiddeld mens verspilt jaarlijks veertig dagen met het zoeken naar vergeten zaken. Kortom: de hoogste tijd om dat menselijk geheugen onder de loep te nemen. Het geheugenpaleisis een culturele geschiedenis van het geheugen, en een studie van de technieken om ons vermogen tot herinneren te beïnvloeden en effectief te trainen. Sommige technieken zijn nieuw, andere gaan terug op eeuwenoude kennis: klassieke technieken die al door Cicero werden gebruikt om zijn toespraken te onthouden en waarmee in de middeleeuwen hele boeken uit het hoofd werden geleerd. Foer ontdekt het gebruik van geheugenpaleizen, waar herinneringen in kamers worden opgeslagen, en leert getallen in beelden om te zetten. Maar Foer gaat verder dan de geheugensport en onderzoekt de ongrijpbare aard van het geheugen aan de hand van gesprekken met mensen met bijzondere geestelijke vermogens, of het tegenovergestelde, met stoornissen. Nu technologie het individuele menselijke geheugen definitief overbodig lijkt te maken, is Foers oproep tot herleving van de kunst van het onthouden des te urgenter.

«Come Oliver Sacks, Joshua Foer sonda i misteri del nostro cervello calandoli in un più vasto orizzonte filosofico e culturale.» The New York Times «Un libro appassionante, un tributo allo straordinario potere della mente... ci dimostra che il cervello umano è capace di imprese epiche.» The Washington Post Quaranta giorni. È il tempo che ciascuno di noi spreca in media ogni anno per rimediare a ciò che dimentica: per andare a recuperare il cellulare lasciato chissà dove, per cercare le chiavi di casa o per rintracciare informazioni importanti. Joshua Foer rientrava a pieno titolo in questa media, ma dopo un anno di allenamento si è ritrovato alla finale del Campionato statunitense della memoria. Dunque la memoria si può davvero migliorare, chiunque può riuscire a imparare 1528 numeri a caso in un''ora e ricordarseli tutti, come il pluricampione del mondo Ben Pridmore. Ripercorrendo la storia della mnemotecnica dall''antica Grecia ai giorni nostri e illustrando metodi concreti grazie ai quali possiamo tenere a mente le informazioni che ci interessano, Joshua Foer ci dimostra che «in ognuno di noi si nasconde un piccolo Rain Man». Che la memoria è un dono che tutti possediamo ma di cui spessissimo ignoriamo le potenzialità. «Che cosa ha significato per l''individuo e per la società» si chiede Foer «il passaggio da una cultura fondata sulla memoria interna a una cultura basata sulle memorie immagazzinate al di fuori del cervello? Tutto questo per noi è stato senz''altro un guadagno, ma con che cosa l''abbiamo barattato? Come affrontiamo il fatto di aver perso la memoria?» A queste e a molte altre domande cerca di rispondere il saggio di Joshua Foer, che ha suscitato un grande interesse nella stampa e nel pubblico degli Stati Uniti.