Stolen Focus

This book by Johann Hari was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Jonathan Haidt. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Is your ability to focus and pay attention in free fall? You are not alone. The average office worker now focuses on any one task for just three minutes. But it's not your fault. Your attention didn't collapse. It has been stolen. Internationally bestselling author Johann Hari shows twelve deep factors harming our focus. Once we understand them, together, we can take back our minds.

• “turn off your notifications, get your attention back. Read Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus. So you can make yourself 10 or 15 IQ points smarter”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “Read Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus”
  Jonathan Haidt · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202201:19:21

  Said during "The Coddling of the American Mind and How to Become Intellectually Antifragile, Jonathan Haidt". The episode features Jonathan Haidt: Social psychologist at NYU's Stern School of Business; author of The Happiness Hypothesis, The Righteous Mind, and (with Greg Lukianoff) The Coddling of the American Mind; founder of Heterodox Academy. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on antifragility, moral pluralism, why universities and kids are breaking, and getting smarter, stronger, more sociable.