Stolen Focus

Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

De: Johann Hari

Narrado por: Johann Hari

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back.

“The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction.”—Adam Grant, author of Think Again

“Read this book to save your mind.”—Susan Cain, author of Quiet

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Post, Mashable, Mindful

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 leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.

We think our inability to focus is a personal failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces that have left us uniquely vulnerable to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. Hari found that there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, from the decline of mind-wandering to rising pollution, all of which have robbed some of our attention. In Stolen Focus, he introduces readers to Silicon Valley dissidents who learned to hack human attention, and veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD. He explores a favela in Rio de Janeiro where everyone lost their attention in a particularly surreal way, and an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore workers’ productivity.

Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus—as individuals, and as a society—if we are determined to fight for it. Stolen Focus will transform the debate about attention and finally show us how to get it back.

©2022 Johann Hari (P)2022 Random House Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“[A] fresh take on focus and attention . . . You’ll learn a lot from this book, and its well-researched data is presented in a highly readable style laced with stories and personal anecdotes. Which is to say, against all odds, it will hold your attention.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Where other books about our relationship to technology tend to focus on personal responsibility, stressing the importance of self-control, Stolen Focus takes a step back and examines the ecosystem that created the problem. . . . Hari’s writing is incredibly readable.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Big-name websites and apps strive to distract because that’s the key to profitability. When we’re looking at our screens, these companies make money; when we’re not, they don’t. . . . It’s a call to arms, to be sure, and I’m tempted to tell my Twitter followers about it—but I’ve deleted the app from my phone.”—The Washington Post

Stolen Focus… Rebellion

Interesting and informative looks at how the opportunities that technology offered have been misused by big tech to take in enormous profits from our private data at our expense, and take advantage of Ai and developed algorithms to manipulate and steal our focus through planned distractions or attractions. With examples of what we need to do to get our focus back under our control.

And how the way we raise and educate our children has changed and is limiting rather than helping them develop to full potential.

Well worth a listen by every parent, teacher and concerned citizen. Understand what’s happening to your spot light, star light and day light, and stadium lights. Start controlling your flow state, know what to do to take care of yourself.

Enjoyable and thought provoking

Such a pleasant read while also a very loud wake up call. One of my favorite non-fiction books I read last year

A must for every thinking human

An important topic that effects every human.
I began this book wanting to improve my personal focus. The further into it I got the more it became apparent that more than my personal attention are at stake and answer many people questions about “What is happening to our society!”

How a book on human focus turns to a nightmare

Great book until the conclusion. Global warming reasoning is unsubstantiated and doesn't belong in the book. 2+2=5

Excellent book

Excellent book to discover why it seems impossible to focus in modern society. I really enjoyed the book.

riveting

I could count on one hand the times I checked twitter while listening to this book! it's a perfect 5/7

definitely in my top five favorite books

Once again Johann Hari brings the heat with a killer concept, amazing organization and research, and his pleasant to listen to narration!
Must read.

Pertinent

Loved it! The book is well researched. Hearing the insights of Johann Hari have made me feel empowered to make change. Hearing the book read by the author is also a plus and gives it much more meaning!

incredible

this might be the best book I've read all year. first book in FOREVER that I immediately started over right after I finished. so many things in here to contemplate. so much to take in about where we are in society.

Very enlightening

Thought provoking. Great to take a step back and start to understand some of the root causes of so many of the issues we see around us- would definitely recommend.