Productivity · 22 min
Stolen Focus
By Johann Hari
This episode reveals how our inability to concentrate isn't a personal failing, but a systemic issue engineered by powerful forces vying for our attention.
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Productivity
Duration
22 min
What it is about
Attention economy, digital well-being, cognitive science, societal impact
Who it is for
If you've ever felt a quiet shame about your inability to concentrate, or found yourself endlessly scrolling when you meant to be present, this will feel familiar a vital shift in perspective.
The author
Johann Hari, an investigative journalist, spent years traveling the globe, interviewing leading experts and those on the front lines of the attention crisis, to meticulously map out the external forces shaping our minds.
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