Stolen Focus (Johann Hari) Johann Hari’s book is a summary of three years of research and interviewing specialists in a number of academic areas. The mission of his book is to investigate how technology is changing our ability to focus and pay attention. Over the
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An article by Johann Hari in The Guardian is a review of the research he has done while interviewing a number of experts in the field of attention. Within the article he states that ‘there is strong evidence that stress and exhaustion ruin your attention’
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Extracts and summary of the research: ‘Making Time off Predictable and Required’. Research Authors: Leslie A. Perlow and Jessica L. Porter (October 2009) Key quotes: “Responsiveness breeds the need for more responsiveness” “When people are always “on,” responsiveness becomes ingrained in the way they work,
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Indistractable & Hooked (Nir Eyal) In his latest book, Nir walks through how technology is making us more and more distractable and has numerous suggestions on how we can claw back time in every area of our lives. Nir is also the author of
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Deep Work (Cal Newport) Cal Newport’s main hypothesis in this book is that ‘the ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who cultivate this skill,
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