Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

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THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A SPECTATOR AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one TELEGRAPH This book is exactly what the world needs right now OPRAH WINFREY A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention STEPHEN FRY A really important book . . . Everyone should read it PHILIPPA PERRY --- Is your ability to focus and pay attention in free fall You are not alone. The average office worker now focuses on any one task for just three minutes. But its not your fault. Your attention didnt collapse. It has been stolen. Internationally bestselling author Johann Hari shows twelve deep factors harming our focus. Once we understand them, together, we can take back our minds.

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A brilliant book about one of the most important topics of our time -- Dr Rangan Chatterjee
This mind-blowing book explains everything. Read it and be free -- Simon Amstell
There's so much in this book . . . Unbelievable, juicy dynamite that you have to read -- Chris Evans
I think this book is exactly what the world needs right now . . . I hope everybody buys the book. I promise you it will be worth your time and certainly worth your focus -- Oprah Winfrey
Johann Hari writes like a dream. Hes both lyricist and storyteller but also an indefatigable investigator of one of the worlds greatest problems: the systematic destruction of our attention. Read this book to save your mind -- Susan Cain
I dont know anyone thinking more deeply, or more holistically, about the crisis of our collective attention than Johann Hari. And this is a crisis that we must address if we are to meet any of the other pressing emergencies we face as a species, whether ecological or social. Which means that this book could not be more vital. Please sit with it, and focus -- Naomi Klein
A story that so many of us have felt needs to be told, but whose cause and consequences are hard to capture and articulate without guesswork, prejudice or ideology. Hari not only achieves this and more, but he does so it with the pace, sparkle and energy of the best kind of thriller writer. I cant remember reading a book which made me shout out yes! Thats it! quite so many times -- Stephen Fry
A highly original and wide-ranging investigation into the causes of our epidemic of flagging attention. Written with Haris trademark incisive prose, indefatigable search for scientific evidence vividly presented, and illustrated with telling anecdotes, Stolen Focus is a bracing and necessary wake-up call to us all -- Gabor Mat M.D.
A fascinating journey into the mind and how it is being manipulated with devastating effects. Haris subject is something that is affecting us all and this seminal work will be one of the defining books of our era . . . Get off social media, switch off the TV, put down your smart phone and do one thing read this book -- Dr Max Pemberton
Stop whatever youre doing and read this book. A deeply researched, disturbing, and yet ultimately hopeful exploration of the primal crisis of our time: our diminishing ability to focus on what really matters -- Rutger Bregman, author of HUMANKIND
If you want to get your attention and focus back, you need to read this remarkable book . . . [Hari] has cracked the code of why were in this crisis, and how to get out of it. We all need to hear this message -- Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
An unbelievable storyteller . . . It might just change your life -- Steven Bartlett
Thanks to this brilliant book, I have got to know myself and my fellow humans better. It educates and entertains you - the stories will suck any reader in, and then slowly change your mind. Everyone should read it. It has changed my habits - way beyond just putting away my phone more. Stolen Focus is a really important book -- Philippa Perry
In his unique voice, Johann Hari tackles the profound dangers facing humanity from information technology and rings the alarm bell for what all of us must do to protect ourselves, our children and our democracies -- Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State
An entirely necessary book, a miracle of clarity and depth, a resonant, deeply researched warning followed by a truly inspiring clarion-call to action. Read it and weep, then dry your eyes and join in -- Emma Thompson
A visionary, systemic, revolutionary and practical guide for creating the new world. Through tireless research and genius insight Johann Hari certainly snapped me to attention. A life changing book -- V, author of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Provided a staggering insight into the misery occasioned by our addiction to the idiocies of the web. If you have kids please read it * Spectator *
This is a book for those of us (all of us), who feel we are spending too much time staring at our phones and are losing the capacity to concentrate * Financial Times *

Author Bio

Johann Hari is a writer and journalist. He has written for the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian and other newspapers. His TED talks have been viewed over 70 million times, and his work has been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky to Joe Rogan. He lives in London. @johannhari101