![]() ![]() 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. He tried all sorts of self-help solutionseven abandoning his phone for three monthsbut nothing seemed to work. This has been done to all of us by powerful external forces. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. We think our inability to focus is a personal failing - a flaw in each one of us. For 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. ![]() 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. ![]()
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