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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari
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Once again, Johann Hari takes a good idea, speaks to people who know what they're talking about, and then makes it all about him.
Are our attention levels at an all-time low? Is this a new thing? Can we do anything about it? He has answers to all of these important questions. Eventually.
Why does he feel the need to tell us about the drag bars in the arse-end-of-nowhere town he decides to bugger off to? Why doesn't he see the inherent flaw in trying to combine his iPod Classic with blutooth headphones? Do we really believe that War And Peace was on the top of his 'to read' pile?
The answers to these more burning questions are for the reader to discover.
What I can tell you is that, after you get annoyed by the book pile and the sleazy underbelly of his chosen sleepy town and the headphones thing, skip to the conclusion.
Or – and I can't stress this enough – just read the final chapter and do something more productive with the rest of your time.
Are our attention levels at an all-time low? Is this a new thing? Can we do anything about it? He has answers to all of these important questions. Eventually.
Why does he feel the need to tell us about the drag bars in the arse-end-of-nowhere town he decides to bugger off to? Why doesn't he see the inherent flaw in trying to combine his iPod Classic with blutooth headphones? Do we really believe that War And Peace was on the top of his 'to read' pile?
The answers to these more burning questions are for the reader to discover.
What I can tell you is that, after you get annoyed by the book pile and the sleazy underbelly of his chosen sleepy town and the headphones thing, skip to the conclusion.
Or – and I can't stress this enough – just read the final chapter and do something more productive with the rest of your time.