How to Deal With Le Burnout

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In France in 2018, they had a huge debate about what they called Le Burnout. 35% of French workers felt they could never stop checking email or turn off text because their boss could message them at any time of the day or night and they would get in trouble if they didn't answer. So Bruno Metling proposed a very simple solution that was then passed into law - it's called the right to disconnect. It says two things: One, you have a right to have legally defined work hours, written work hours that are stipulated to you before you start work. And you have aright outside of those work hours to not have to check your email in your phone.

Johann Hari is a writer and journalist. He has written for the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian, and other newspapers and his TED talks have been viewed over seventy million times. His work has been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah Winfrey to Noam Chomsky to Joe Rogan.

Eric and Johann discuss his book, Stolen Focus Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again

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Johann Hari and I Discuss Stolen Focus and Attention and…

His book, Stolen Focus Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again
His experience of spending 3 months with no internet or smartphone
The negative effects of consuming too much of social media
How the evidence is showing we are in an attention crisis
The deep forces at work that are damaging our attention
Understanding the two levels of response to the attention crisis; individual and collective
Cruel optimism is offering a simple solution to complex problems that may not work
The alternative to cruel optimism is bringing awareness to the many layers of the problem
How the human brain can only think about one thing at a time
The negative effects of multitasking, or the switch cost-effect
The debate between being “pro” tech and “anti” tech
The damaging effects of the current business models of social media designed to steal people’s attention
How technology could be used to heal and aid your attention rather than steal it
How the current model of economic growth contributes to dwindling attention
His thoughts on the need for an attention movement to resist the forces invading our attention

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