Johann Hari is definitely a crank. I like him already! He wrote a book about drugs and addiction called Chasing the Scream, and there was a famous TED talk he did about that. I haven’t read Chasing the Scream, but this evening I am going to read Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again.
Note: the links to Amazon above are affiliate links. I recently signed up for an affiliate account with Amazon. Is that cool? Is that not cool at all? What sort of disclosures are appropriate when you use affiliate links? I have never used them before and am not expecting to make any significant amount of money with them, so maybe I should just not use affiliate links at all? I dunno. Would be happy to hear from you if you have an opinion.
I think I’ve made like $2 in two years on my affliiate links, but I don’t think I’ve been able to get it out because I haven’t gone over some threshold – maybe $10? But it didn’t seem to piss anyone off, so there’s that.
Thanks Craig! I think what I’m gonna do is write up a disclosure statement about what affiliate link services I use and just link to that from anywhere I have used affiliate links. As you’ve suggested my main concern is not pissing anybody off!
p.s. this book Stolen Focus is really good so far. Definitely recommend. Will write up full thoughts once I have finished.
I think we have a copy of that around here somewhere. I look forward to your review – might have to check it out.
Oh, and I believe Amazon actually requires said disclosure statement, so it’s good that you’re adding it.