Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

The valuable parts of this book are really valuable and important: why it's worth it to slow down, how our brains are being manipulated by the internet into wasting time online, what we stand to gain by mono tasking. Hari is a smart, interesting writer with a bold claim: can we save the best parts of our lives and ourselves from surveillance capitalism? The rest of the book feels like a distraction (is the cause what we eat, is it pollution, is it ADHD?). Those influences are so broad they deserve discussion on their own, rather than being a chapter in a book that has already decided they're part of the problem. They might be, but his treatment is not nuanced or detailed enough, particularly when he starts talking about weight gain as a metaphor, as well as how diet and attention relate. That said, parts of this are deeply compelling and concerning. I like Hari and I liked this book. 2.5 stars.