this week's matt richtel and his latest book is "a deadly wandering" a tale of tragedy and redemption in the age of attention. in it a "new york times" reporter tells the story of a tragic car accident due to texting from impact through the court proceeding. he combines the disturbing real-life story with a thorough examination of the distractions of technology and their impact on society. the program is about an hour. >> host: hello. i'm here today hosting "after words" with matt richtel and congratulations on your new and very powerful book, "a deadly wandering" it. i think it's a story about a crash and yet so much more. it's a story and you write about tragedy and redemption and i say you could call it the canary in the coal mine type case of how we are living with technology both in distracted and constructive ways. i think we have a lot to talk about and i want to welcome you. >> guest: where was that when i needed an elevator pitch? >> host: i wanted to welcome you and start off by asking the words deadliest in the title so before going to the story how deadly is this trend and

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. >> up next, after wards with maggie jackson author of "distracted" matt richtel and his latest book "a deadly wandering: a tale of tragedy and redemption in the age of attention." "the new york times" reporter tells the story of a tragic accident from texting and welcomebines the story with a thorough examination of the impacts of technology and safety. >> i am here hosting after wards with matt richtel. congrats on your new powerful book "a deadly wandering: a tale of tragedy and redemption in the age of attention." i can i think it is a story about a crash and yet so much more. you know? it is a story as you write about about tragedy, redemption and i would say you could call it the canary in the coal mine. i think we have a lot to talk about. >> where was that i needed an elevator pitch? that was great. >> i want to welcome you. >> thank you. >> the word deadly is in the title. before we go into the story how deadly is this trend? and what are we talking about historically? especially the drunk driving which is what everyone heard about. >> first of all, i like the canary and the

. >> host: hello i here today hosting "after words" with matt richtel and congratulations it is a powerful book a deadly wandering. it is a story about you could call it the canary in the coal mine case of how we are living with our technology both in distracted and constructive ways so i think we have a lot to talk about and i want to welcome you. >> guest: prayer was bad when i needed an elevator pitch? that was great. >> i wanted to welcome you and also start off by asking the word deadly is in the title so before we go into the story, how deadly is the trend and what are we talking about historically especially vis-À-vis drunk driving which everyone has heard about. >> guest: first i like the canary in the coal mine reference and the reason i like it relative to the question that you just asked if you are texting while you are driving it will kill you but it's really indicative of a lot of other things when it comes to distraction sitting at the dinner table being counterproductive at work so that's kind of the extreme example but how deadly specifically to the question. truck driving

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