Stolen Focus

Struggling to focus? Feel like your attention span is shrinking every day? It’s not your fault. Discover why your ability to pay attention has been stolen by powerful external forces and, more importantly, how you can start reclaiming it right now. This summary unpacks the twelve systemic causes behind our collective focus crisis. You'll learn how Big Tech's business models are designed to distract you, how our modern diet impacts your brain, and the surprising ways our work culture sabotages deep thought. Get actionable strategies to fight back and win back your mind.

Johann Hari is a New York Times best-selling author and journalist who has written for the world’s leading newspapers and magazines for over two decades. To understand our attention crisis, he embarked on a three-year, globe-spanning journey, interviewing the world's leading experts on focus and attention. This deep investigation into the external forces stealing our concentration revealed the powerful solutions we can use to fight back and reclaim our minds, forming the basis for his groundbreaking book, Stolen Focus.