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BEST OF 2022: Johann Hari - Stolen Focus & Why You Can't Pay Attention

The School of Wellbeing with Meg Durham

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Where Has My Focus Goes?

Johan Johannessen's new book, stolen focus, is about the idea of concentration. He says he became interested in it after his godson developed an obsession with Elvis Presley. His godson Adam dropped out of school when he was 15 and seemed to spend all his time alternating between WhatsApp,. YouTube and porn, right? "You can read monks writing to each other nearly a thousand years ago"

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