![]() ![]() Things that needed deep forms of focus, like reading a book, were getting harder and harder. ![]() I noticed that my own ability to focus got worse. What were the triggers that led to you pursuing a book on this topic? In a Zoom interview, he discusses these solutions and some of the criticism they have received. His solutions are, thus, systemic and radical - nationalising Facebook like the BBC, creating a paid-subscription model for social media, introducing four-day work weeks, banning surveillance capitalism, and letting children play freely without parental helicoptering. ![]() His argument is bleak: that as individuals there is only so much we can do. What are all the things that rob us of our focus? What can we do as individuals? What should we do as a society? Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention (Bloomsbury, ₹599), he broadens the question of attention beyond social media. ![]() Lost Connections: Uncovering the real causes of depression, 2018). Hari, after the scandals in 2011 involving his plagiarism, took time off and boomeranged back with books tackling charged issues such as drug addiction (Ĭhasing the Scream: The first and last days of the war on drugs, 2015) and depression ( Watch | Author Johann Hari on his new book, ‘Stolen Focus’ ![]()
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