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#264 How to find focus and increase your attention with Johann Hari
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Is Your Attention Getting Worse?
We are living in an environment that is pouring itching powder over us the whole time, a kind of mental itching powder. The average american teen ager now focuses on any one task for 65 seconds and the average office worker for three minutes. There are lots of things we can do as individuals to improve our ability to focus and pay attention. We also have to band together and take on those forces and challenge the forces that are ruining our attention. I think this can feel both overwhelming and out of our control.
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