We are in the midst of a major paradigm shift in our relationship with smartphones and social media. We are all overly obsessed with and addicted to screens that were supposed to make our lives easier. In Toward a Holistic Intelligence: Life on the Other Side of the Digital Barrier, Lyn Lesch takes a unique approach using holistic intelligence to help us recover from our screen obsession. Read this book and you will listen to another way to understand our constant screen use. -- Larry D. Rosen, professor emeritus, California State University, Dominguez Hills and co-author of "The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World" Lyn Lesch has written an important and necessary book for all of us dwelling in the digital ageone that makes the case that our emotions and our senses, and not just our cognitive faculties, form a critical part of our intelligence. If youve ever wondered if your smart phone is making you dumb, or whether you can ever reclaim your attention from the distractions on your laptop screen, his book will show you that the way to live intelligently with your devices is to cultivate a more inclusive kind of smarts. -- Annie Murphy Paul, author of "The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain", recipient of "The New York Times" Editors Choice pick
