Johann Hari

Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening--and how to get our attention back. 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 Stolen Focus, 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, we can finally begin to solve it--as individuals, and as a society--by staging an attention rebellion. Finally, we have a way to get our focus back.

Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again

Stolen Focus

The New York Times bestseller from the author of Chasing the Scream, offering a radical new way of thinking about depression and anxiety. There was a mystery haunting award-winning investigative journalist Johann Hari. He was thirty-nine years old, and almost every year he had been alive, depression and anxiety had increased in Britain and across the Western world. Why? He had a very personal reason to ask this question. When he was a teenager, he had gone to his doctor and explained that he felt like pain was leaking out of him, and he couldn’t control it or understand it. Some of the solutions his doctor offered had given him some relief—but he remained in deep pain. So, as an adult, he went on a forty-thousand-mile journey across the world to interview the leading experts about what causes depression and anxiety, and what solves them. He learned there is scientific evidence for nine different causes of depression and anxiety—and that this knowledge leads to a very different set of solutions: ones that offer real hope.

Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope

Lost Connections

"January, 2015 will mark a century of the war on drugs in the United States: one hundred years since the first arrests under the Harrison Act. Facing down this anniversary, Johann Hari was witnessing a close relative and an ex-boyfriend bottoming out on cocaine and heroin. But what was the big picture in the war on drugs? Why does it continue, when most people now think it has failed? The reporter set out on a two-year, 20,000-mile journey through the theater of this war--to find out how it began, how it has affected people around the world, and how we can move beyond it. Chasing the Scream is fueled by dramatic personal stories of the people he meets along the way: A transsexual crack dealer in Brooklyn who wanted to know who killed her mother, and a mother in Mexico who spent years tracking her daughter's murderer across the desert. A child smuggled out of the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust who helped unlock the scientific secrets of addiction. A doctor who pushed the decriminalization in Portugal of all drugs - from cannabis to crack. The title itself comes from a formative story of Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, sent as a boy to the pharmacy for a neighbor screaming in withdrawal -- an experience which led him to fear drugs without regard to context. Always we come back to the front lines in the U.S., where we instigated the war and exported it around the globe, but where change is also coming. Powerful, propulsive, and persuasive, Chasing the Scream is the page-turning story of a century-long mistake, which shows us the way to a more humane future"--

The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

Chasing the Scream

Gazeteci-yazar Johann Hari, son yıllarda bir şeylere odaklanmakta ne kadar zorlandığını fark ettiğinde suçu önce kendisinde aramış. Ama sonra aslında çoğu insanın aynı sorundan muzdarip olduğunu görmüş. Böylece meseleyi araştırmaya, uzmanlarla görüşmeye başladığında çok daha derin ve kapsamlı nedenlerin söz konusu olduğunu keşfetmiş. Çalınan Dikkat’te Hari bu nedenleri detaylarıyla ele almanın yanı sıra, dikkatimizi geri kazanmanın yollarına kafa yoruyor.

Bireysel çabaların, yani sırf kendi hayatlarımızda birtakım değişiklikler yaparak sorunu çözmeye çalışmanın ancak bir yere kadar etkili olabileceğini vurgulayan Hari, “dikkatimizi bizden çalan kuvvetlerle kolektif olarak yüzleşip onları değişime zorlamamız gerektiğini” belirtiyor. Bunun ise acil bir mesele olduğunu, çünkü dikkati dağılmış bir toplumun, önündeki en önemli sorunlara bile odaklanamayacağını ve çözüm üretemeyeceğini söylüyor.

“Böyle az uyuyup çok çalışan, üç dakikada bir faaliyet değiştiren, zaaflarımızı öğrenip manipüle etmek için tasarlanmış sosyal medya siteleri tarafından takip edilip gözlemlenen, stres fazlalığından aşırı tetikte yaşayan, enerjinin sıçrayıp çakılmasına yol açan bir şekilde beslenen, her gün beyne zarar veren toksinlerle dolu bir kimyasal çorbası soluyan bir toplum olmaya devam ettiğimiz takdirde – ciddi dikkat sorunları yaşayan bir toplum olmaya da devam edeceğiz, evet. Ama bunun bir alternatifi var. Örgütlenip karşı koymak – dikkatimizi ateşe veren kuvvetlerle mücadele edip yerlerine iyileşmemize yardımcı olacak kuvvetler geçirmek.”

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* THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one' TELEGRAPH 'This book is exactly what the world needs right now . . . Worth your time and certainly worth your focus' OPRAH WINFREY 'A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention' STEPHEN FRY 'A really important book . . . Everyone should read it' PHILIPPA PERRY ___ Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back? For Stolen Focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons behind our shortening attention spans. He interviewed the leading experts in the world on attention, and learned that everything we think about this subject is wrong. We think our inability to focus is a personal failing – a flaw in each one of us. It is not. This has been done to all of us by powerful external forces. Our focus has been stolen. Johann discovered there are twelve deep cases of this crisis, all of which have robbed some of our attention. He shows us how in a thrilling journey that ranges from Silicon Valley dissidents, to a favela in Rio where attention vanished, to an office in New Zealand that found a remarkable way to restore our attention. Crucially, he learned how – as individuals, and as a society – we can get our focus back, if we are determined to fight for it.

Why You Can't Pay Attention

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back. “The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction.”—Adam Grant, author of Think Again “Read this book to save your mind.”—Susan Cain, author of Quiet LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions—even abandoning his phone for three months—but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong. We think our inability to focus is a personal failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces that have left us uniquely vulnerable to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. Hari found that there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, from the decline of mind-wandering to rising pollution, all of which have robbed some of our attention. In Stolen Focus, he introduces readers to Silicon Valley dissidents who learned to hack human attention, and veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD. He explores a favela in Rio de Janeiro where everyone lost their attention in a particularly surreal way, and an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore workers’ productivity. Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus—as individuals, and as a society—if we are determined to fight for it. Stolen Focus will transform the debate about attention and finally show us how to get it back.

Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA SPECTATOR AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022'If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one' TELEGRAPH'This book is exactly what the world needs right now' OPRAH WINFREY'A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention' STEPHEN FRY'A really important book . . . Everyone should read it' PHILIPPA PERRYWhy have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back?For Stolen Focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons behind our shortening attention spans. He interviewed the leading experts in the world on attention, and learned that everything we think about this subject is wrong. We think our inability to focus is a personal failing - a flaw in each one of us. It is not. This has been done to all of us by powerful external forces. Our focus has been stolen. Johann discovered there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, all of which have robbed some of our attention. He shows us how in a thrilling journey that ranges from Silicon Valley dissidents, to a favela in Rio where attention vanished, to an office in New Zealand that found a remarkable way to restore our attention.Crucially, he learned how - as individuals, and as a society - we can get our focus back, if we are determined to fight for it.

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The Rise of Our Attention Crisis

Lost Focus

La atención ha entrado en una profunda crisis. ¿Cuáles son los motivos?, ¿quién nos la está robando?, y, más importante aún, ¿cómo podemos recuperar nuestra capacidad de concentración? Un demoledor ensayo que indaga en una de las grandes epidemias del momento y en sus posibles soluciones. Según algunos de los últimos estudios publicados, los adolescentes solo son capaces de concentrarse en una tarea durante sesenta y cinco segundos, mientras que los adultos apenas pueden aguantar tres minutos. Como muchos de nosotros, Johann Hari es consciente del peligro que supone la omnipresencia de las pantallas, así como de esa imperiosa necesidad que nos asalta de pasar constantemente de un dispositivo a otro sin levantar la vista. Hoy en día, lograr el estado de concentración necesario para acometer labores intelectualmente complejas y exigentes es casi una quimera. Hari decidió entrevistar a los principales expertos en concentración humana para identificar las causas de esta crisis. En El valor de la atención desglosa los doce factores que la generaron –desde nuestra incapacidad de dejar fluir la mente hasta la contaminación en las ciudades–, y denuncia a las poderosas empresas que nos están robando el foco. Además, nos da las herramientas para entender la situación, defendernos y recuperar nuestra capacidad de vivir con atención. Pregúntate si tienes la capacidad de atención suficiente para leer este libro. Si es que sí, adelante, léelo. Si no... entonces con más razón aún «Este libro es exactamente lo que el mundo necesita ahora mismo. Os prometo que merece la pena dedicarle tiempo y, por supuesto, vuestra atención.» Oprah Winfrey «Este libro no puede ser más vital. Por favor, céntrate y léelo.» Naomi Klein «Johann Hari apunta qué debemos hacer para protegernos a nosotros mismos, a nuestros hijos y a nuestras democracias.» Hillary Clinton «Una exploración magníficamente investigada y argumentada del colapso de la capacidad de atención de la humanidad. Es una historia necesaria de contar, pero cuya causa y consecuencias son difíciles de captar y articular sin conjeturas, prejuicios o ideología. Hari no solo consigue esto y más, sino que lo hace con el ritmo, la chispa y la energía del mejor escritor de thrillers.» Stephen Fry «El libro que el mundo necesita para ganar la guerra contra la distracción.» Adam Grant

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El valor de la atención

"Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back? For Stolen Focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons why our teenagers now focus on one task for only 65 seconds, and why office workers on average manage only three minutes. He interviewed the leading experts in the world on attention, and learned that everything we think about this subject is wrong. We think our inability to focus is a personal failing - a flaw in each one of us. It is not. This has been done to all of us by powerful external forces. Our focus has been stolen. Johann discovered there are twelve deep cases of this crisis, all of which have robbed some of our attention. He shows us how in a thrilling journey that ranges from Silicon Valley dissidents, to a favela in Rio where attention vanished, to an office in New Zealand that found a remarkable way to restore our attention"--Publisher's description.

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Neste livro corajoso, escrito como denúncia e manifesto, Johann Hari rastreia a história do proibicionismo para acusar a hipocrisia moralista das autoridades estatais. Engajado contra as calamidades da repressão, o jornalista e escritor Johann Hari investigou a fundo o paradoxo do proibicionismo neste livro-reportagem. Sem negligenciar os perigos do consumo de narcóticos, que devem ser objeto de políticas médico-sociais semelhantes às do álcool e do tabaco, o autor suíço-britânico denuncia os enormes prejuízos socioeconômicos causados pelo massacre de consumidores e vendedores postos na ilegalidade. Dos morros cariocas às montanhas suíças, passando por EUA, Canadá, México, Uruguai e sua Grã-Bretanha natal, Hari corporifica um balanço realista do problema. O livro mostra como a guerra transformou os países na rota do tráfico e tem obliterado um debate honesto sobre as verdadeiras origens da adição. "Maravilhoso, impossível de largar." – Noam Chomsky "Narrativa eletrizante e jornalismo de alto nível." – Naomi Klein "O livro de Hari é o antídoto perfeito para a guerra às drogas, uma das injustiças morais menos discutidas de nossos tempos." – Glenn Greenwald "As histórias neste livro são de cair o queixo: horripilantes, hilárias, incríveis. E o fato de que sejam todas verdadeiras é tão fascinante quanto perturbador e revoltante." – Stephen Fry

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