Introduction Walking in Memphis 3
Chapter 1 Cause One: The Increase in Speed, Switching, and Filtering 19
Chapter 2 Cause Two: The Crippling of Our Flow States 46
Chapter 3 Cause Three: The Rise of Physical and Mental Exhaustion 63
Chapter 4 Cause Four: The Collapse of Sustained Reading 79
Chapter 5 Cause Five: The Disruption of Mind-Wandering 91
Chapter 6 Cause Six: The Rise of Technology That Can Track and Manipulate You (Part One) 105
Chapter 7 Cause Six: The Rise of Technology That Can Track and Manipulate You (Part Two) 124
Chapter 8 The Rise of Cruel Optimism 143
Chapter 9 The First Glimpses of the Deeper Solution 156
Chapter 10 Cause Eight: The Surge in Stress and How It Is Triggering Vigilance 171
Chapter 11 The Places That Figured Out How to Reverse the Surge in Speed and Exhaustion 185
Chapter 12 Causes Nine and Ten: Our Deteriorating Diets and Rising Pollution 196
Chapter 13 Cause Eleven: The Rise of ADHD and How We Are Responding to It 213
Chapter 14 Cause Twelve: The Confinement of Our Children, Both Physically and Psychologically 238
Conclusion Attention Rebellion 264
Acknowledgments 285
Groups Already Fighting to Improve Attention 289
Notes 293
Index 333