Stolen focus : why you can't pay attention--and how to think deeply again / Johann Hari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hari, Johann, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attention.

Distraction (Psychology).

Medical Subjects:

Attention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 347 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown, [2022]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Johann Hari is a writer and journalist. He has written for The New York Times, Le Monde, The Guardian, and other newspapers.

Contents:

Introduction: Walking in Memphis

Cause One: The Increase in Speed, Switching and Filtering

Cause Two: The Crippling of our Flow States

Cause Three: The Rise of Physical and Mental Exhaustion

Cause Four: The Collapse of Sustained Reading

Cause Five: The Disruption of Mind-Wandering

Cause Six: The Rise of Technology That Can Track and Manipulate You (Part One)

Cause Six: The Rise of Technology That Can Track and Manipulate You (Part Two)

Cause Seven: The Rise of Cruel Optimism

The First Glimpses of the Deeper Solution

Cause Eight: The Surge in Stress and How it is Triggering Vigilance

The Places That Figured Out How to Reverse the Surge in Speed and Exhaustion

Causes Nine and Ten: Our Deteriorating Diets and Rising Pollution

Cause Eleven: The Rise of ADHD and How We are Responding to it

Cause Twelve: The Confinement of Our Children, Both Physically and Psychologically

Conclusion: Attention Rebellion.

Notes:

"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, in 2022" -- title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hari, Johann. Stolen focus.

ISBN:

9780593138526

059313852X

9781526620248

1526620243

9781526647115

1526647117

Publisher Number:

99993158384

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.