Stolen Focus - Johann Hari

 

Introduction Walking in Memphis

• godson: filleul
• freakishly: bizarre
• freak: bête curieuse
• to jabber: bredouiller
• swoosh: sifflement
• blur: trouble
• whirring: ronronner
• shrieking: crieur
• numbing: engourdissant
• baffled: dérouté
• respite: répit
• listlessly: mollement
• wielding: exercer
• ripped: musclé
• to fiddle with: trafiquer
• a slew of: un tas de
• tripwires: fil de détente 
• rickety: bancal

• You are missing your life! you are afraid of missing out - that's why you are checking your screen all the time.
• If we want to do what matters in any domain - any context in life - we have to be able to give attention to the right things... If we can't do that, it's really hard to do anything.
• People who can't focus will be more drawn to simplistic authoritarian solutions.
• But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
• If we wait for perfect evidence, we will be waiting for ever. I had to proceed, doing my best, on the basis of the information we have.