Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2024-11-17
Books mentioned on 220. Is Your Attention Span Shrinking?
Does a surplus of information create a shortage of attention? Are today’s young people really unable to focus?
Mike Maughan discussed The Creative Act by Rick Rubin. Angela Duckworth discussed Stolen Focus by Johann Hari and Uncovering Your Path by Charles Lattimore Howard.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Creative Act
The Creative Act: A Way of Being is a guide to harnessing artistic perspective and spiritual approaches to creativity by legendary music producer Rick Rubin.
Discussed“Rick Rubin the legendary music producer wrote a book called the creative act a way of being”
Where to get it
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Stolen Focus
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari is a compelling exploration of how modern technology, social media, and contemporary distractions systematically degrade human attention spans.
Discussed“and one of the books that I started reading but I haven't gotten too far into it is called stolen Focus”
Where to get it
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Uncovering Your Path
Discussed“I think he has lots of other fancy titles, but I really, really appreciate the person, and he sent me his latest book to endorse, and this book is called Uncovering Your Path. I started reading it the way I honestly read most books that I'm asked to endorse, which is like trying to read it at the equivalent of”
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