Read A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention Online
Authors: Matt Richtel
at ATK Systems, 21, 22, 39–40, 58, 258
death of, 17–18, 19, 20, 37, 40, 55–56, 96, 136, 154, 160, 241, 259, 277, 282–83, 310, 318
funeral of, 57
and Leila, 21–22
riding with Jim, 15–16
O’Dell, Leila:
after the accident, 111–13, 153, 154, 156–57, 160, 181, 206, 258–59, 265
and Keith, 21–22, 313
and Keith’s death, 22–23, 56–58, 259, 365
and legal case, 209–10, 240–42, 245, 258, 270
O’Dell, Megan, 22, 258, 326, 365
and court hearings, 240–41, 242, 308, 310
and her father, 21, 57, 312–13, 328
and her father’s death, 56–58, 153
marriage of, 153–54
as teenager, 57–58
Olsen, Herm, 111–12, 156, 157
Olsen, Stan, 115–16, 182, 184, 186
Oprah,
326
Oufkir, Malika, 261
Park, Lisa, 44, 88–89
Park, Van, 40–41, 44–45, 88, 158, 159
Pasternak, Boris, 105
PET (positron emission tomography) scans, 120, 195, 196
Peterson, Eldon, 186
Pew Research Center, 218
phonautograph, 65–66
Posner, Michael I., 64, 66, 119, 122
Attention in a Social World,
120
Potenza, Marc, 194, 217
printing press, social impact of, 216
Psychonomic Society, 126
PVG (problematic video gaming), 197
raclopride, 195
radio, 4, 6
Ray, Paul, 297
reaction time, studies of, 33, 63–64, 65–66, 104, 119, 120
religion, and healing, 348–49
Rich, Michael, 218
Rideout, Vicky, 260
Rindlisbacher, Allison, 55
Rindlisbacher, Bart:
and accident, 18–20, 55–56, 208
and court case, 266, 314
driving Reggie to hospital, 19–20, 24, 55, 157, 244, 252
experience with accidents, 25, 38
negative reaction to Reggie’s case, 26–29, 82
Reggie questioned by, 24–25, 26–29, 45, 209, 244, 266
and Shaw family, 245–46, 247
tenacity of, 28, 81–82, 114, 115–18, 155–56, 157, 160–63, 180–81, 185, 244
Rindlisbacher, Judy, 55
Rio (Carib woman), 62
Robinson, Mark, 115
Roe, Kevin, 124
Rosedale, Philip, 61, 69
Salt Lake Community College, 263
Sandler Neurosciences Center, 30–31
Satan, 205
Schee, Frances Margay, 267
Scoblete, Frank, 198
Second Life (virtual world), 61
Seppala, Emma, 353
shadowing technique, 105
Shaw, Ed:
and Bunderson, 95
family background of, 43
jail feared for Reggie, 45–46, 287
and legal case, 116, 287
marriage to Mary Jane, 43
and Reggie’s accident, 36–37, 328
and Reggie’s birth, 37
and Reggie’s failed missions, 11, 236–37
in Tremonton, 42–43
Shaw, Jack, 45
Shaw, Jake, 37
Shaw, Mary Jane:
and Bunderson, 95
family background of, 43
and legal case, 116, 245–46, 287
marriage to Ed, 43
and police questioning, 81–82
and Reggie’s accident, 19, 27, 36–38, 45, 81, 328
and Reggie’s birth, 37
and Reggie’s failed missions, 11, 12, 13, 236
and Reggie’s girlfriends, 87–88
Shaw, Nick, 13, 37, 84
Shaw, Phill, 27, 37, 84, 245, 246–47
Shaw, Reggie:
and the accident, 16–18, 19–20, 41, 44, 45, 88–89, 96, 275–76, 291, 293, 363–64, 375–76
aftermath of accident, 36–39, 56, 90, 262–63
apologies from, 309–11, 312, 314
and AT&T video, 365–66
birth of, 37
brain of, 334–39
and Cammi, 11, 12, 13, 87, 88, 94–95
and cell phone, 14, 25, 96
and college, 263
and community service, 288, 311, 315, 351
in counseling sessions, 90–91, 92–93, 237–38
and court hearings, 263–64, 269–78, 288
court records sealed, 267, 324
driving his SUV, 14–15, 16, 20, 29, 91, 294
failed first mission of, 11–13, 87, 88, 92, 93, 95, 239, 252, 254–55
and family, 84, 245–47
fulfilling a mission, 332
and guilt, 82–83, 90–92, 93, 94–95, 96, 159, 304, 310, 326, 331, 366–67
and hydroplaning, 19, 20, 25, 81, 264–65, 346
in jail, 319–20, 329
jobs held by, 13, 110–11, 267, 363
lawyer for, 82, 95–97, 114
legal case against, 201–4, 210–13, 223–26, 237, 238–39;
see also
State v. Reggie Shaw
and
Les Misérables,
316, 324–25
and lies, 93, 94–95, 179, 208–9, 210, 213, 224, 238, 239, 246, 276, 294, 346
move away from home, 263, 265, 362–63
MRI study of, 1–2, 6–7, 334–39
as nice guy, 27, 37, 44–45, 83–84, 89, 212–13, 223–24, 230, 234, 240–41, 252, 331, 332, 334, 349
phone records of, 96, 116, 117–18, 155–57, 160–64, 180–88, 243, 283
and plea agreement, 287–88, 294, 307–16
police questioning of, 24–29, 45, 209, 244, 266
poor recall of events, 27, 29, 38–39, 91, 93, 97, 274
revelation of, 273, 274, 275–77
and risks, 211, 212, 223, 243, 276, 277, 314, 376
second mission attempt by, 14, 88, 160, 179–80, 186, 188, 200–201, 204–5, 208, 224, 235–36, 254–55
sentencing of, 314–16
sports interest of, 43, 44–45, 87–88, 158–59, 267, 326, 363, 367
and technology, 84–87
telling his story, 6, 302–4, 321–24, 326, 327–33, 364, 367–68
and texting, 20, 25, 26, 56, 81, 116, 117, 155, 157, 163–64, 180, 184–85, 187–88, 204, 208–9, 243, 246–47, 264, 287, 291
told not to talk, 27, 96, 246–47, 291, 346
and transformation, 288, 291, 292, 303, 325
and Utah legislature debate, 302–4, 315
and victims’ deaths, 20, 37, 82–83, 89, 91, 155, 180, 183, 184, 209, 210, 213, 244, 277, 287, 328, 366
and women friends, 87, 159, 183, 239, 268, 276, 362, 363–64
zoning out, 111, 159
Shaw, Vickie, 37
Shaw, Whitney, 37
Shaw family:
competition in, 84
and legal case, 157, 245–47
and Reggie’s mission, 87, 88
reputation of, 43
in Tremonton, 42–43
Silicon Valley, 373–74, 378
Simitian, Joe, 189
Simpson, Donna, 343
Singleton, Scott, 161–62, 180–88, 202, 206, 213, 227, 245–47
skills, acquisition of, 123
Skinner, B. F., 102
sleight of hand, 71, 101, 106–8
Small, Gary, 127
Smith, Elder, 205
Smith, Nanci, 50, 74–75
Smith, Rich, 74
social connection:
and immediate gratification, 166
power of, 146, 165–66, 169, 215
pressure to stay connected, 282, 322, 350, 369–70
social media:
development of, 69–70
expansion of, 70, 87
and multitasking, 86–87
sharing of, 169–70
texting, 70
urgency of, 167–68
young people’s use of, 85–87
Sparrow, Rory, 326, 330
speed of mental processing, 66–67
Sprint, 190
State v. Reggie Shaw
:
characteristics of criminal trials, 263
court costs, 263, 265, 266
court hearings, 240–42, 263–65, 269–78, 288
expert witnesses in, 263, 266, 270, 278
investigative misconduct sought in, 243–44
long, drawn-out process of, 244–45, 246–47, 251, 269, 314
motions filed in, 251–55, 266
no legal precedent for, 117–18, 203–4, 212, 226, 228, 264, 272, 282
and plea agreement, 264, 265, 266–67, 278, 287–88, 306–16
preliminary conclusion in, 277–78
preparations for, 242–45
and Reggie on witness stand, 244, 252, 266
technology, science, and law joining in, 252–53
and texting while driving, 242–43, 253–54, 264
trial date, 267–68, 278
Strayer, David, 123–28, 298–99
and car phones, 124–26, 209, 217
and court hearings, 269–77, 287, 308
distracted driving studies of, 109, 228–29, 283, 285–86, 302, 372, 375, 380
and Gazzaley, 126–28
and information processing, 123
and multitasking, 144, 356–57
and Reggie’s case, 252–53, 266, 318, 336
and skills acquisition, 123
substance abuse, 197–98
Surratt, Mary, 172
Symantec, 199
Tabulating Machine Company, 67
Taylor, Anne, 98–99, 101
Taylor, Janet, 98
Taylor, Percy, 99
Teater, David, 373
technology:
and addiction, 5, 128, 140–41, 144, 166–68, 170–71, 192–99, 214–15, 285–86, 351, 369–70, 373, 380
and attention science, 4, 119, 126, 218
and automobile gadgets, 369–73
of auto safety, 37–38, 124, 281–82, 283, 371
and balance, 222
behavior and society, 378–80
brains outstripped by, 100, 108–9, 142–43, 144, 216, 277, 352
and brain studies, 31, 64, 120, 144–46, 376, 383
complexity of, 170–71
computers,
see
computers
as distraction, 103, 371–73
and drugs, 171
evolution of, 65, 67–68, 103, 141–44
explosion of, 6, 84–85, 216, 277, 283
and Gulf War, 123
and human factors, 123
interactive, 4, 70, 216, 217
Moore’s law and Metcalfe’s law, 5, 143–44, 352
and multitasking, 86, 127–28, 165
and preventable fatalities, 321
speed of development of, 64–71, 142–43
unintended consequences of, 6, 126, 144, 212, 217, 379
video games, 284–85, 361
in World War II, 98–100, 141
young people as users of, 26, 86–87
telegraph, development of, 64–65
telephones, 67, 216–17
see also
cell phones
television, 6
and attention, 4, 175
and children, 85, 86, 174–78, 259–61
expanded use of, 103, 260
programming, 86
Tesla electric car, 372
texting and driving:
accidents caused by, 25–26, 210–13, 271, 272, 301–4
as criminal conduct, 313–14
“everyone is doing it,” 283, 298
government-known risks of, 380–82
inattention blindness in, 275, 369–73
laws against, 25, 189–91, 212, 276, 282–83, 317–18, 324, 374, 375, 382
no legal precedent for case, 117–18, 203–4, 212, 226, 228–29, 264, 272, 282
Reggie as poster boy for, 266
and Reggie’s case, 157, 184–88, 210–13, 269, 291;
see also
State v. Reggie Shaw
research on, 165–66, 168, 243, 252–53, 273–76
risk taken in, 242–43, 249, 272–73, 276, 303, 314, 375–76
scientific precedent for, 229
situational awareness regained in, 274–75
by truckers, 323
Utah legislature debates on, 295–99, 300–305
theta waves, 33
Thievery Corporation, 31, 62
Thoreau, Henry David, 376
Tilburg, Netherlands, 65
Tingey, Michael, 298, 299
T-Mobile, 181–82, 371
TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation), 31
Transportation Department, U.S., 374–75, 381–82
Treisman, Anne Taylor, 98–99, 101–2
and attention filter, 104–6
building on work of, 122, 123, 125
reality based on attention, 220
Tremonton, Utah, 42–43
Twitter, 70
Tyson (co-worker), 110, 111
Utah:
alcohol laws in, 161
House of Representatives, 295–99, 300–305
phones and driving in, 276, 296, 298
political reality in, 250, 296
residence in, 28
teen drivers in crashes in, 25
texting and driving ban in, 190–91, 305, 315, 317–18
trials in, 272–73
Utah Supreme Court, 253
van Gogh, Vincent, 65
variable or intermittent reinforcement, 198–99
Verizon Wireless, 124, 156, 160, 162
Vernon, Chad, 19
veterans, research studies of, 353
Vickrey, Dan, 68
video consumption, 86
video games:
addiction to, 194, 197, 373
and multitasking, 381
research with, 122, 194–95, 284–85, 360, 361
Wagner, Anthony, 127
Warner, Alan, 133–34, 149, 150–51, 173
Warner, Alyssa, 173–74, 342
Warner, Jayme, 47–48, 134, 172, 173, 206, 261, 340–41, 342, 343–44
Warner, Katie, 342
Warner, Taylor, 172–73, 174, 261, 340–42
Warner, Terryl, 129–36, 340–44
and Alan, 133–34
apology desired by, 213, 304
and court case, 240, 270, 278;
see also
State v. Reggie Shaw
driving accident of, 293, 294
early years of,
see
Danielson, Terryl
enthusiasm of, 173–74, 261
family of, 149–52, 172–76
and Hartman, 152–53
and Jackie, 136, 147, 153, 206, 207, 259
LDS mission in Costa Rica, 131
memos from, 207–9, 213, 223, 227
persistence of, 223, 227–28, 245, 278, 289–90, 293–94, 301, 318
and Reggie’s accident, 47–48, 223, 225–28, 293–94
and Reggie’s testimony, 303–4
as strong-willed, 130, 132, 134
and television, 174–75, 259–61
and Utah legislature, 301–2, 303–4
as victim advocate, 48, 129, 131–33, 135–36, 207–8, 376
Warner family, and competitions, 172, 206, 261, 340–42
Washington, state law against texting and driving, 189, 212
Watson, Jason, 334, 336, 337, 338–39, 356
Watson, John, 102
Western Union, 64
White, Gaylyn, 82, 90–93, 95, 237–38
White, Russell, 82
Wick, Michael “Taylor,” 97
Wilhite, Brent, 331
Williams, Alan, 110, 111
Willmore, Thomas:
and court hearings, 241, 263, 270–74, 276–78, 288
and
Les Misérables,
241, 306, 316, 324
and plea agreement, 267, 290, 306–7, 308–9, 311, 314–16
and Reggie’s case, 236, 241, 303, 320, 324, 330
rulings on motions, 266
Wimmer, Carl, 191, 296, 298, 300, 302, 305
Wimmer, Nadine, 294
Windsor, Bill, 282, 283