Ukradená pozornost - Proč nedokážeme dávat pozor – Hari Johann (2023)

Like many of us, Johann Hari discovered that the constant shifting of attention from mobile phones to television or other devices and from one website to another is an exhausting and depressing way to live. He tried various self-help solutions – even giving up his phone for three months – but nothing worked. He then set off on a journey around the world to interview leading experts on human attention and found that everything we think we know about this attention crisis is wrong. ***** We believe that our inability to concentrate is a personal failure when we can't muster enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: Our attention has been stolen by powerful external forces that have made us vulnerable to corporations determined not to lose our attention for profit. Hari discovered that there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, from the gradual decline of imagination to increasing environmental pollution, which have robbed us of part of our attention. In his book 'Stolen Attention,' he introduces readers to dissidents from Silicon Valley who have learned to 'hack' human attention, as well as veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD. He explores a favela in Rio de Janeiro, where...