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Johann Hari Unboxing | Stolen Focus Why You Can't Pay Attention

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How Has Our Focus Been Stolen From Us?

Jay Parini: How has our focus been stolen from us? He says if you can't pay attention, you just become much less competent. "There's this amazing manner interviewed in Moscow called Dr. James Williams who really helped me to think about this," he says. The philosopher of attention is based at Oxford and argues there are four kinds of attention.

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