Stolen Focus : Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari

Stolen Focus : Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann HariPart of the experience of being alive in the twenty first century is the feeling that your attention span is collapsing, along with those of everyone around you including your children. Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And most importantly how do we get it back? In Stolen Focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari sets out on a global investigative journey into our shortening attention spans. He tells us what he

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