Writers Bloc Presents
Chris Hayes and Jacob Soboroff
Thursday, February 6, 2025
7:30pm
Writers Guild Theater
135 South Doheny Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90211
General Admission Ticket No Book: $25
Really Special Deal: General Admission Ticket &
1 Signed Copy of The Siren’s Call: $54
HEALTH & SAFETY: WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WEAR A FACE MASK WHILE INDOORS FOR OUR EVENTS. THANK YOU.
When was the last time you spent an hour without glancing at your phone or your tablet? Chris Hayes, one of our favorite thinkers on MSNBC, tells us we all suffer from a social disease that’s wearing us down at this very second. If you can get through the next few sentences without checking your devices for the constant onslaught of incoming messages, you may not have as serious a case of attention deficit disorder (not the actual medical syndrome, but a corrosive social syndrome) as someone across the table from you.
In his new book, The Sirens’ Call, Hayes takes us deep into the competition for our attention. The competition is profound, and the consequences on all sides are equally profound: for us as individuals, and for those who want us to notice that outreach, be aware of the messaging– 24/7. The personal price we pay for the incoming onslaught is considerable, as is the commercial price.
Mandatory reading for anyone with a mobile phone, a tablet, or a computer. That means you.
In conversation with beloved Los Angeles-based journalist Jacob Soboroff, NBC News National and Political Correspondent. Jacob is the author of Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, for which he won numerous distinguished awards and prizes. Separated, which brought President Trump’s child separation policy at the US/Mexican border to international attention, was recently made into a harrowing documentary by legendary filmmaker Errol Morris.
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