Why you can’t pay attention

All over the world, our ability to pay attention is collapsing. In the US, office workers on average manage to focus on one task for only three minutes. We think our inability to focus is a personal failing. It is not. This has been done to us. Our focus has been stolen. Johann Hari explores the powerful external forces that are responsible and, crucially, how we can get our focus back, if we are determined to fight for it.