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Why you can't pay attention: takeaways from the book Stolen Focus
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/18Feeling like your attention span is shorter than ever? This video dives into Johan Hari's "Stolen Focus" and reveals why we're all struggling to concentrate, offering practical tips to reclaim your focus and get back into a flow state. You'll pick up useful phrases for discussing daily distractions and learn about the cultural forces impacting our attention!
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US /ˈkɑnˌtɛnt/
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UK /'kɒntent/
- Adjective
- Being happy or satisfied
- In a state of peaceful happiness.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Information in something, e.g. book or computer
- The subject matter of a book, speech, etc.
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US /ˈæksɛs/
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UK /'ækses/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- The opportunity or right to use something or to see someone.
- Transitive Verb
- To be able to use or have permission to use
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US /ˈkɑnstənt/
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UK /'kɒnstənt/
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- Happening frequently or without pause
- Remaining the same over time or not changing.
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- Thing that happens always or at a regular rate
- A physical quantity that is believed to have a fixed value and is used in calculations.
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- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- Transitive Verb
- To add numbers then divide by the number of items
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