Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

 Johann Hari has a friend who is a magician, who showed him a trick involving cards. Even Johann, a highly intelligent writer, couldn’t work out how the magic was done, but it was easily explained. The secret of magic is all about distraction. Unfortunately, magicians have taken over the world! They are not the usual kind, however, but those who actually design ways to keep you hooked on the Internet and social media! This is collectively destroying the world’s attention, and making it a more dangerous place.

Hari suggests various ways to overcome this, but, unfortunately, he thinks that it may need a collective approach. It is too hard for most individuals to stop being ‘hooked’ themselves.

This is a really scary book, but one that everyone should read. He writes in a lively, interesting way, so it isn’t hard to read.

I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.