He shows us how in a thrilling journey that ranges from Silicon Valley dissidents, to a favela in Rio where attention vanished, to an office in New Zealand that found a remarkable way to restore our attention.Ĭrucially, he learned how as individuals, and as a society we can get our focus back, if we are determined to fight for it. Johann discovered there are twelve deep cases of this crisis, all of which have robbed some of our attention. This has been done to all of us by powerful external forces. We think our inability to focus is a personal failing a flaw in each one of us. He interviewed the leading experts in the world on attention, and learned that everything we think about this subject is wrong. Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back?įor Stolen Focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons why our teenagers now focus on one task for only 65 seconds, and why office workers on average manage only three minutes. 'A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention' A major new book from internationally bestselling author Johann Hari that chronicles our attention crisis and what needs to happen for us to solve it Taking Back Our Focus Why you can trust us By Travis Lupick 5 MIN READ To write his latest book, Johann Hari put himself through something most professionals his age would never dare, and something most young people have never lived through something they may never even have conceptualized.

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