![]() ![]() You can see this as you observe crowds in almost any public place many have their eyes glued on screens, oblivious of the real wonders around them. The first reason he gives for lost focus is the addiction of people to their mobile phones. Take it with a grain of salt if you want, but his ideas are at least worth considering. Hari circled the globe to interview experts on why we collectively seem to have lost much of our ability to focus attention for prolonged periods of time, and at least some of the reasons he came up with have a clear ring of truth. He has probably made errors in his citations and stretched the truth now and then, as most nonfiction writers do, but the virulence of some of the Wikipedia comments made me wonder whether someone was deliberately attempting to smear him.Īnyway, I’m glad I came back to this book, because it is a compelling and fascinating read. ![]() Then I made the mistake of reading the article on Hari in Wikipedia, which accuses him of various journalistic misdeeds in an extremely virulent way. ![]() I already had enough books in arms, though, and so I saved it for later. I came across Stolen Focus in the library and was instantly fascinated by its premise. ![]()
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