His latest book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention, published in January 2022, received rave reviews everywhere from the Washington Post to the Irish Times to the Sydney Morning Herald. His books have been translated into 38 languages, and been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky, from Elton John to Naomi Klein. Johann Hari is the author of three New York Times best-selling books, and the Executive Producer of an Oscar-nominated movie and an eight-part TV series starring Samuel L.

This event will be available on the UNSW Centre for Ideas website and UNSW YouTube channel. Closed captions will be available on each platform.Ī link to watch the event will be sent just before the event to registered attendees. Head here to purchase a copy of Johann Hari's book, S tolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention. In conversation with UNSW’s Rosalind Dixon, they explore why it is so important that we pay attention to this ‘attention revolution’ and what we can do to get our focus back.

What he discovered were structural problems rather than the individuals personal failing. In his newest book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention, Hari investigates how technology and other facets of modern life have impacted our ability to concentrate. New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari has been on a mission to uncover why this is happening to us and whether we can get our focus back. It’s not just you, our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces. Our ability to pay attention is collapsing.

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