Discover the Pages of Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
Story Crafted by Johann Hari
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.
In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. 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. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions--even abandoning his phone for three months--but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview...
The writing emphasizes clarity without sacrificing expressiveness. Sentences are structured in a way that supports smooth reading, while still offering descriptive richness where needed. This balance makes the book approachable without feeling overly simplistic.