Honestly with Bari Weiss

Your Attention Didn't Collapse. It Was Stolen.

Apr 27, 2022

59:34

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Are You Interrupted?

01:18

How Do We Take As Much Attention As We Possibly Can?

01:22

The Opioid Crisis

01:24

Do You Think Social Media Companies Should Be Broken Up?

02:01

Introduction

2min

Lost Focus, Why You Can't Pay Attention and to Think Deeply Again by Johann Harry

2min

Unpacking Is Really History - A Podcast With Doctor Noam Wisman

6min

I'm Not Afraid of Missing Out

2min

Pre Commitment Technique

2min

The Mistake You've Made, Johan

2min

What's Happening to Us Today?

4min

The Smart Phone Did It to You, Is Grossly Overdue?

3min

How Do We Take as Much of Your Attention as We Can?

5min

10.

Cancel Culture

5min

11.

The Medium Is the Message

4min

12.

How the Attention Problem Is Affecting Our Sleep and Our Sex Lives

2min

13.

How Does This Affect Our Ships?

3min

14.

Do You Have Multiple Personality Disorder?

2min

15.

Anarexia in Hong Kong

4min

16.

Do You Think Social Media Companies Should Be Broken Up?

2min

17.

How to Reclaim Your Attention and Focus

2min

18.

Do You Think We Can Change Social Norms?

3min

19.

Should We Legalize All Drugs?

3min

The average American adult spends over three hours a day staring into their phone. If you’re a teenager it’s even worse – seven hours. What’s really troubling is that in study after study, people say that they want to be looking at their screens less. They just don’t know how. They’ve lost control.

Johann Hari interviewed over 200 of the world’s leading experts on focus and attention for his new book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again. What he found was that your attention didn’t collapse. It’s been stolen from you. So on today’s episode, while everyone is busy debating what Elon Musk is doing to Twitter, Johann explains what Twitter is doing to all of us.

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Honestly with Bari Weiss

Your Attention Didn't Collapse. It Was Stolen.

Are You Interrupted?

How Do We Take As Much Attention As We Possibly Can?

The Opioid Crisis

Do You Think Social Media Companies Should Be Broken Up?

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