Stolen focus : why you can't pay attention - and how to think deeply again

Introduction : walking in Memphis -- Cause one : the increase in speed, switching, and filtering -- Cause two : the crippling of our flow states -- Cause three : the rise of physical and mental exhaustion -- Cause four : the collapse of sustained reading -- Cause five : the disruption of mind-wandering -- Cause six : the rise of technology that can track and manipulate you (part one) -- Cause six : the rise of technology that can track and manipulate you (part two) -- Cause seven : the rise of cruel optimism -- The first glimpses of the deeper solution -- Cause eight : the surge in stress and how it is triggering vigilance -- The places that figured out how to reverse the surge in speed and exhaustion -- Causes nine and ten : our deteriorating diets and rising pollution -- Cause eleven : the rise of ADHD and how we are responding to it -- Cause twelve : the confinement of our children, both physically and psychologically -- Conclusion : attention rebellion