Apowerfulexplorationofhowwepayattentionthatwilltransformthewaysweconnectwithoneanother-athome,atwork,andbeyond.Payingattentionisacrucialhumanskill,yetmanyofushaveforgottenhowtolistencarefullyandobserveintentionally.Delugedbysocialmediaandhobbledbytheincreasingsocialisolationitfosters,weneedtorediscoverthedeeplyhumanwaysweconnectwithothers.ChristianMadsbjerg,aphilosopherandentrepreneur,understandsthisdilemma.Tocounteractit,hebeganacourseatTheNewSchoolinNewYorkCitycalledHumanObservation,whichlaysoutthewaysthatwecanlearntopayattentionmoreeffectively.Thecoursehasbeenhugelypopularsinceitsinception,withhundredsofstudentsfillingwaitinglists.InLook,Madsbjergsetsoutthekeyobservationalskillsneededtoshowhowwecanrecaptureourabilitytopayattention.Drawingfromphilosophy,science,thevisualarts,andhisownlife,heoffersbothpracticalinsightsandarangeoftoolsforexperiencingtheworldwithgreaterrichnessandtexture.Theresultisadynamicapproachtorethinkingobservationthathelpsallofustoseewithmoreempathy,accuracy,andconnectiontoothers.
