(This is part one in a five-part series called Interconnected, detailing how technology is changing humanity.)

Have you by any chance been struggling to focus recently? Maybe you used to read long books, or dive into old hobbies and learning new things, and now that feels a lot harder than it should. You are not alone. Research shows that we are suffering through a profound loss of attention, and it's getting worse every day.

So what happened to us? Did we lose ourselves in our new devices, or has our attention been deliberately stolen? And what can we do to get it back?

GUEST: Johann Hari, journalist and author of Stolen Focus

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