why you can't pay attention (Stolen Focus book summary 📚) | Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

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Stolen Focus by Johann Hari has become one of favourite books. It's also quite possibly one of the most important we've read - both as a society and as individuals, it's getting harder and harder to pay attention, and the consequences could be enormous.

In this video, we summarise our key takeaways, including what's making it so hard to focus, and what we can do about it 👇

If you got something out of it, please leave a comment and let us know. If you have feedback, tell us that, too - this is a new video format for us so we'd love to hear your thoughts 🙏

Our videos about digital minimalism (including how we use the Freedom app):

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
1:19 Our 4 key takeaways
2:05 #1: The 3 types of attention
4:02 #2: Not being able to focus is not our fault
7:46 #3: This issue requires structural fixes
9:24 #4: What we CAN do to reclaim our focus
13:49 Summary & Conclusion
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Really engaging and thorough book discussion - thanks!

sallyannestone
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Love it guys! So well articulated. Thank you so much for bringing this important topic and book to my attention 🙏

DanLombard
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Just came across this book and wanted to check out your review before I did the deep dive in. Thanks for summarizing so succinctly! I can’t wait to read it and start applying the suggestions.

shaunasinclair