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Why Can’t We Pay Attention Anymore?

Lucy Broadbent by Lucy Broadbent
17 September 2023
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It is a fact that our brains can only focus on one thing at a time.  Neurologists have proven this.  And yet, it is another fact, that anyone with a smart phone will try to look at emails, texts, Instagram, Facebook, while also talking to someone, doing homework, eating, or a million other things.  This comes with a cost.

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“What happens is you juggle very quickly between tasks,” author Johann Hari explains.  “You’re like ‘What did you just ask me? What’s that message on What’s App? What was that on TV about Ukraine?’ What’s that message on Facebook? You juggle between topics, and it turns out that juggling comes with a really big cost.”

Studies show that an office worker typically only has the attention span to focus on one task for three minutes now.  Students, even less.  We have become easily distracted, often stressed, frequently sleep deprived. 

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Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention

Hari wants to regain our attention.  His new book Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – How to Think Deeply Again explains that our lack of focus is not our fault. Forces have been deliberately built into technology to steal our attention.

He does not argue against technology.  Far from it.  But he wants us to learn how to use it without cost to ourselves.

In this podcast, Hari gives an interview offering twelve solutions to the problem we all face.  It’s a fascinating listen – well worth forty minutes of your attention.

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Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari, published by Penguin Random House.

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Lucy Broadbent is the author of the award-winning 'What Would Ted Lasso Do? How Ted’s Positive Approach Can Help You', a motivational and fun self-help guide. Her most recent book is 'How To Be A Lioness.' Lucy is a journalist and travel writer, formerly travel editor for Hello! Magazine and contributor to The Carousel and Women Love Tech, The Los Angeles Times, The London Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Marie Claire (US, UK, Australian editions) You can buy a copy of her book on Amazon or her website here: https://www.lucybroadbent.net/

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