Stolen focus: why you can't pay attention - and how to think deeply again
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding it much harder to focus than he used to. He found that a life of constantly switching from device to device, from tab to tab, is diminishing and depressing. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions-even abandoning his phone for three months-but in the long-term, nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention and to study their scientific findings-and learned that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong. In the U.S., teenagers now focus on a task for only sixty-five seconds on average, and office workers manage only three minutes. We think this inability to focus is a personal flaw, an individual failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: Our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces, and the science shows that these forces have been ramping up for decades-leaving us uniquely vulnerable, when social media arrived, to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. These forces have been so successful that our collapse in attention is behind many of the wider problems society faces. In this book, Hari embarks on a thrilling journey, taking readers from veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD, to Silicon Valley dissidents who exposed social media companies' furtive attempts to hack our focus; from a favela in Rio where everyone lost their attention in a particularly catastrophic way, to an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore their workers' attention. In this urgent, deeply researched book, Hari shows that if we understand the twelve true causes of this crisis-from the collapse of sustained reading to the disruption of boredom to rising pollution-we, as individuals and as a society, can finally begin to solve it by staging an "attention rebellion." Finally, we have a way to get our focus back.
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
ISBN:
9780593138519
9780593138526
9780593506004
9780593138526
9780593506004
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 5ae4a08e-7393-9cfe-d83f-e411db3e3601 |
---|---|
Grouping Title | stolen focus why you can t pay attention and how to think deeply again |
Grouping Author | johann hari |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-28 01:36:39AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-03-27 11:03:02AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Hari, Johann
author_display
Hari, Johann
available_at_boulder
Boulder Main Library
George Reynolds Branch
George Reynolds Branch
detailed_location_boulder
Boulder Main Adult NonFiction
Boulder Meadows Adult Nonfiction
Boulder NoBo Adult NonFiction (Not Holdable)
Boulder Reynolds Adult Nonfiction
Online OverDrive Collection
Boulder Meadows Adult Nonfiction
Boulder NoBo Adult NonFiction (Not Holdable)
Boulder Reynolds Adult Nonfiction
Online OverDrive Collection
display_description
Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding it much harder to focus than he used to. He found that a life of constantly switching from device to device, from tab to tab, is diminishing and depressing. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions-even abandoning his phone for three months-but in the long-term, nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention and to study their scientific findings-and learned that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong. In the U.S., teenagers now focus on a task for only sixty-five seconds on average, and office workers manage only three minutes. We think this inability to focus is a personal flaw, an individual failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: Our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces, and the science shows that these forces have been ramping up for decades-leaving us uniquely vulnerable, when social media arrived, to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. These forces have been so successful that our collapse in attention is behind many of the wider problems society faces. In this book, Hari embarks on a thrilling journey, taking readers from veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD, to Silicon Valley dissidents who exposed social media companies' furtive attempts to hack our focus; from a favela in Rio where everyone lost their attention in a particularly catastrophic way, to an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore their workers' attention. In this urgent, deeply researched book, Hari shows that if we understand the twelve true causes of this crisis-from the collapse of sustained reading to the disruption of boredom to rising pollution-we, as individuals and as a society, can finally begin to solve it by staging an "attention rebellion." Finally, we have a way to get our focus back.
format_boulder
Book
eAudiobook
eBook
eAudiobook
eBook
format_category_boulder
Audio Books
Books
eBook
Books
eBook
id
5ae4a08e-7393-9cfe-d83f-e411db3e3601
isbn
9780593138519
9780593138526
9780593506004
9780593138526
9780593506004
itype_boulder
hardcover book
last_indexed
2024-03-27T17:03:02.504Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_boulder
153.733 Hari
Online OverDrive
Online OverDrive
owning_library_boulder
Boulder Public Library
Boulder Public Library Online
Boulder Public Library Online
owning_location_boulder
Boulder Main Library
George Reynolds Branch
Meadows Branch Library
NoBo Corner Library
Online OverDrive Collection
George Reynolds Branch
Meadows Branch Library
NoBo Corner Library
Online OverDrive Collection
primary_isbn
9780593138519
publishDate
2021
2022
2022
publisher
Books on Tape
Crown
Crown
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Attention
Distraction (Psychology)
Distraction (Psychology)
title_display
Stolen focus : why you can't pay attention - and how to think deeply again
title_full
Stolen Focus Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again
Stolen focus : why you can't pay attention - and how to think deeply again / Johann Hari
Stolen focus : why you can't pay attention - and how to think deeply again / Johann Hari
title_short
Stolen focus
title_sub
why you can't pay attention - and how to think deeply again
topic_facet
Attention
Distraction (Psychology)
Nonfiction
Psychology
Sociology
Technology
Distraction (Psychology)
Nonfiction
Psychology
Sociology
Technology
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | 8 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | -1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 3 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | 10 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | 2 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | 3 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | 1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | 11 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46804201 | Lafayette Nonfiction Area | 153.733 Har | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 5, 2024 | Feb 17, 2024 | lanfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46804225 | Lafayette Nonfiction Area | 153.733 Har | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Nov 16, 2023 | lanfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46804237 | Lafayette Nonfiction Area | 153.733 Har | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Feb 10, 2024 | lanfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46654550 | Boulder Main Adult NonFiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Mar 19, 2024 | bmnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46660185 | Loveland Adult Nonfiction | 153.733 Hari, J. | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 6, 2024 | Jan 17, 2024 | lvnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46661591 | Louisville Adult NonFiction | 153.733 HARI | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Feb 21, 2024 | lsnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46795479 | Boulder Main Adult NonFiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 16, 2024 | Jan 18, 2024 | bmnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46666370 | Longmont Adult Nonfiction | 153.733 HAR | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 9, 2024 | Jan 29, 2024 | lgnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46666382 | Longmont Adult Nonfiction | 153.733 HAR | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Feb 02, 2024 | lgnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46795443 | Boulder Meadows Adult Nonfiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 2, 2024 | Feb 25, 2024 | benfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46804213 | Lafayette Nonfiction Area | 153.733 Har | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Dec 15, 2023 | lanfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i4679542x | Boulder Main Adult NonFiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | On Hold Shelf | Mar 21, 2024 | bmnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46766601 | Boulder NoBo Adult NonFiction (Not Holdable) | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 17, 2024 | Jan 20, 2024 | bnnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46776849 | Broomfield Non-Fiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | On Hold Shelf | Mar 10, 2024 | mdnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46759128 | Longmont Adult Nonfiction | 153.733 HAR | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Mar 15, 2024 | lgnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i47306695 | Louisville Adult NonFiction | 153.733 HARI | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Feb 06, 2024 | lsnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46654562 | Boulder Reynolds Adult Nonfiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Mar 20, 2024 | bgnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46759335 | Longmont Adult Lucky Day | LUCKY DAY | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Mar 13, 2024 | lglda | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46766595 | Boulder Main Adult NonFiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Jan 24, 2024 | bmnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46795480 | Boulder Main Adult NonFiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 17, 2024 | Dec 14, 2023 | bmnfa | ||||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46795431 | Boulder Main Adult NonFiction | 153.733 Hari | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 10, 2024 | Feb 06, 2024 | bmnfa | ||||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | 11 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | 10 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | 8 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | 3 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | 2 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | -1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 5 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out | |||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | 1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | eBook | eBook | English | Crown | 2022 | |||
ils:.b30202504 | Book | Books | First edition | English | Crown | [2021] | xii, 345 pages ; 25 cm | |
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | eAudiobook | Audio Books | English | Books on Tape | 2022 |
scoping_details_boulder
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | -1 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false | |||
overdrive:7058f33d-86dc-48d1-a175-a2a3e5888717 | 1 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | true | |||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46804201 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46804225 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46804237 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46654550 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46660185 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false | 1, 2, 3, 131, 4, 5, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 115, 117, 118, 119, 125 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46661591 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 128, 129, 1, 2, 3, 131, 132, 4, 133, 5, 6, 135, 7, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46795479 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | true | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46666370 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46666382 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46795443 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | true | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46804213 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i4679542x | Checked Out | On Hold Shelf | false | false | true | false | false | true | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46766601 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | true | 6, 11 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46776849 | Checked Out | On Hold Shelf | false | false | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46759128 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i47306695 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 128, 129, 1, 2, 3, 131, 132, 4, 133, 5, 6, 135, 7, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46654562 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46759335 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | false | false | false | false | |||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46766595 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46795480 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | true | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | ||
ils:.b30202504 | .i46795431 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | true | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | ||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | -1 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false | |||
overdrive:2f26bb1d-16a2-421b-93c5-b4128c2a8b31 | 1 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | true |