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169: Are LGBTQ+ people in an attention crisis? with Johann Hari | Part 1
Ever watched TV while also scrolling through your phone? Well author & hit TED talker Johann Hari has written a book with mind-blowing discoveries about why big tech companies make it their business to keep us scrolling šµāš« and itās a fascinating read. Johanās clever perspective on life has a knack of making you feel like youāve been sleep walking through it until he wakes you up with another powerful take on it all - first it was addiction, then it was depression, and now heās turned his incredible mind to Attention. He came by for a good old yarn about his new book āStolen Focus: Why You Canāt Pay Attentionā, what that means for LGBTQ+ people, and we find out what crazy thing happened to a Picasso painting in Vegas šµ
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