Stolen Focus

Hari, Johann, author.

EAudiobook 2021

"Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening-and how to get our attention back. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding it much harder to focus than he used to. He found that a life of constantly switching from device to device, from tab to tab, is diminishing and depressing. He tried all sorts of s...

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Attention

Distraction (Psychology)

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ISBN:

9780593506004

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1 audio file : digital
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Electronic reproduction. New York Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2022 Available via World Wide Web

Contents:

Introduction: Walking in Memphis
Cause One: The Increase in Speed, Switching and Filtering
Cause Two: The Crippling of our Flow States
Cause Three: The Rise of Physical and Mental Exhaustion
Cause Four: The Collapse of Sustained Reading
Cause Five: The Disruption of Mind-Wandering
Cause Six: The Rise of Technology That Can Track and Manipulate You (Part One)
Cause Six: The Rise of Technology That Can Track and Manipulate You (Part Two)
Cause Seven: The Rise of Cruel Optimism
The First Glimpses of the Deeper Solution
Cause Eight: The Surge in Stress and How it is Triggering Vigilance
The Places That Figured Out How to Reverse the Surge in Speed and Exhaustion
Causes Nine and Ten: Our Deteriorating Diets and Rising Pollution
Cause Eleven: The Rise of ADHD and How We are Responding to it
Cause Twelve: The Confinement of Our Children, Both Physically and Psychologically
Conclusion: Attention Rebellion

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3154387

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