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informative
reflective
medium-paced
A detailed and well argued run through of the structural and systemic barriers to individual and collective focus. I appreciate the scope of this book, and Hari's desire to caveat contentious research with sensible guardrails. Most of this is what you would expect - big tech, impacts to health and lifestyle, stress - but I think the chapters on childhood play, pollution as a cause of neurological inflammation, and the need for economic regrowth are the most original and insightful. I do feel like there's a lot in here I can apply in my own life and communicate to students, although there were a couple moments that gave me pause (the intro and the ADHD chapters especially). Overall: yes, good.