Johann Hari

Born 21 January 1979

Quotes

“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this crisis in paying attention has taken place at the same time as the worst crisis of democracy since the 1930s. People who can’t focus will be more drawn to simplistic authoritarian solutions– and less likely to see clearly when they fail.”
Stolen Focus
“There’s one key fact, he said, that every human being needs to understand– and everything else he was going to explain flows from that. ‘Your brain can only produce one or two thoughts’ in your conscious mind at once. That’s it. ‘We’re very, very single- minded.’”
Stolen Focus
“The climate-change deniers are rapidly ending up with as much intellectual credibility as creationists and Flat Earthers... They are denying the reality of a force that — unless we change the way we live pretty fast — will kill millions.”
"The shame of the climate change deniers", The Independent 24 April 2005
“The evidence should have been clear to me all along: the Bush administration would produce disaster.”
"I was wrong, terribly wrong - and the evidence should have been clear all along

Books by Johann Hari in order

Books by Johann Hari in the order they were published, from God Save the Queen? (2002) to Adelgazar a cualquier precio: cómo Ozempic y otros fármacos van a revolucionar nuestra alimentación y nuestra salud física y mental (2025).

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Gabor MatéAlso writes about addiction and trauma with a focus on social and emotional causes, and is often read alongside Chasing the Scream.
Jonathan HaidtWrites about how digital technology affects young people's mental health, which overlaps with the attention and wellbeing themes in Stolen Focus.
Cal NewportWrites about attention and digital distraction with a more practical, productivity-oriented approach, such as in Digital Minimalism.
Oliver BurkemanWrites about time, attention and the limits of productivity, with an essayist tone that suits readers of Stolen Focus.
Michael PollanWrites long, reported nonfiction on drugs and the mind, such as How to Change Your Mind, for readers interested in psychedelics and consciousness.