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

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Is Our Focus Going to Collapse?

Do you ever think that our focus will in fact ultimately collapse or is it just going to continue to be stolen from us if we allow it to be stolen? I mean, I think it's collapsed for a staggering degree. If you'd gone back to a beach in 1960 and said by 2020, a majority of Americans will be overweight or obese, people would have thought that was completely ludicrous,. By the time we get to 1970, you've got some people warning about it. You've got other people saying, oh, this is a moral panic. Don't be ridiculous. How much further can this go? We certainly have further to go. There are lots of pockets of attention we can

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