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Authors: Matt Richtel
Wisdom 2.0 conference, 374
work, media interruptions of, 70
World War II:
pilots in, 4, 5, 99, 101, 122–23, 219
technology in, 98–100, 141, 143–44
Wozniak, Steve, 68
Wyatt, Scott, 135, 318
Yale study, “Are Internet and Video-game-playing Addictive Behaviors?,” 193–94, 197–98
Yonk, Kaylene, 289–94, 302, 307, 314
Young, Brigham, 42, 382
Zero Fatalities, 319, 331
Zundel, Jason, 44
MATT RICHTEL
reports for the
New York Times
, covering a range of issues, including the impact of technology on our lives. In 2010 he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series of articles that exposed the pervasive risks of distracted driving and its root causes, prompting widespread reform. He is the author of three novels, including, mostly recently,
The Cloud
. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the Columbia Journalism School, he is based in San Francisco, where he lives with his wife, Meredith Barad, a neurologist, and their two children.
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A DEADLY WANDERING
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