Johann Hari
2022Focus & Habits
Stolen Focus
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention
352p
Focus & HabitsStolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention · 2022
Stolen Focus
Johann Hari
“Why your shrinking attention span isn’t a personal flaw—it’s the product of an engineered attention economy.”
Length352
Est. Reading Time7h 0m
At 20 Pages / Day18 days
Concise Summary
Journalist Johann Hari interviews neuroscientists, Silicon Valley insiders, and behavioral psychologists across the world to uncover the twelve systemic forces fragmenting human concentration—and explains why reclaiming deep book reading is vital for our minds.
Why Read It Today?
If you ever wondered why reading feels harder than it did ten years ago, this book gives you both the science and the cure.
“Deep reading is the antithesis of the screen: it teaches patience, silence, and sustained presence.”
Attention EconomyDeep ReadingCognitive Health