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Stolen Focus

by Johann Hari

  • Crown
  • 2022
  • ISBN: 978-0593138533
  • 368 pages
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ok cover of 'Stolen Focus' by Johann Hari, featuring the subtitle 'Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again.' The cover notes the author’s previous works, 'Chasing the Scream' and 'Lost Connections,' and highlights him as an international bestseller.
About the Book

All over the world, our ability to pay attention is collapsing. In the US, college students now focus on one task for only 65 seconds, and office workers on average manage only three minutes. New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari went on an epic journey across the world to meet the leading scientists and experts investigating why this is happening to us – and discovered that everything we think we know on this subject is wrong. ebook icon Audio book icon
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About the Author

Johann Hari is a journalist and the author of three New York Times best-selling books, and the Executive Producer of an Oscar-nominated movie and an eight-part TV series starring Samuel L. Jackson. His books have been translated into 40 languages.

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