IRB Media Summary of Johann Hari's Stolen Focus

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I was planning on going offline for three months. I was going to use my friend's old, broken laptop to write the novel I had been planning for years. I needed a phone that could not access the internet of any kind.#2 The most effective way to beat any destructive habit is through pre-commitment. You bind the future version of you so that you don't have to commit to the temptation of your current state.#3 I had been working nonstop since I was twenty-one. I had taken almost no holidays. I had felt tired for so long that all I knew was how to outrun it. As people began to disembark, I heard the ping of an incoming text message.#4 I wrote my first email in 1993, when I was 19 years old. I didn't feel any excitement or joy when I sent it, and I didn't understand why there was such a big deal about this new email thing. I wanted a place that would not stimulate my journalistic curiosity.