Johann Hari
Stolen Focus
Why You Can't Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again
Crown, 2022
Was ist drin?
People’s ability to focus is waning, along with their capacity to tackle complex challenges and ideas.
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Disturbed by the extent to which people are absorbed in their electronic devices and distracted from the real world, journalist Johann Hari committed to a three-month wireless retreat. He fled to Provincetown, a small coastal town on Cape Cod, minus an internet-enabled cellphone or laptop, to cure his own social media addiction using the cold turkey method. In Stolen Focus, Hari deftly knits together powerful revelations from that experience and startling scientific research into humans’ struggle to focus. His treatise examines the issues and proffers individual and systemic solutions to society’s attention crisis.
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About the Author
Journalist Johann Hari is the author of Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction and Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression — and the Unexpected Solutions.
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