Johann Hari
The Guardian
Las Vegas, NV, United States
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Pinkwashing’s peak and the best of the backlash. Plus: who stole our focus?
In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman chat about brand Twitter’s latest attempt at inclusivity and the online response → Read More
Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen
Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can → Read More
Has political correctness gone mad
We hardly hear words like 'n*****' now for one reason: generations of politically correct people fought against them → Read More
Johann Hari: This could be why you're depressed or anxious
In a moving talk, journalist Johann Hari shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world -- as well as some exciting emerging solutions. "If you're depressed or anxious, you're not weak and you're not crazy -- you're a human being with unmet needs," Hari says. → Read More
Johann Hari: This could be why you're depressed and anxious
In a moving talk, journalist Johann Hari shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world -- as well as some exciting emerging solutions. "If you're depressed or anxious, you're not weak and you're not crazy -- you're a human being with unmet needs," Hari says. → Read More
A Life in Focus: Amos Oz, Israel literary colossus and lifelong advocate of a two-state solution
The unlikely story of the state of Israel – 60, sullied, surviving – is intertwined with the unlikely story of Amos Oz. He is, all at once, its most distinguished novelist, its most passionate defender, and its most notorious “traitor” – a word he uses about himself. His friend David Grossman says, “Amos is the offspring of all the contradictory urges and pains within the → Read More
This One Shocking Factor Can Make You 4600 Percent More Likely To Become an Addict
It was discovered quite by accident – in part of a study of a totally different subject. One of my earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of my relatives, and not being able to. As I got older, I understood why. We had addiction in my family. And as I watched some of my other close relatives become addicts, I asked myself several questions, but one in particular seemed haunting and… → Read More
Japan, the place with the strangest drug debate in the world
Despite its relatively low drug abuse figures, the Japanese system is failing to treat addicts. → Read More
Get out, William, before it is too late
At last William has admitted to having "anxieties" about the cruel, weird world of monarchy. Who wouldn't? Solely because of the tragedy of his genes, he is required to give up his freedom of religion, his freedom of speech, his right to choose a career, his right to vote, his privacy, his romantic and sexual freedom... you get the idea. And, thanks to the joys of monarchy, William - a randomly… → Read More
Depressed? Anxious? Blame Neoliberalism.
How capitalist culture is making us sick. → Read More
The Real Causes Of Depression Have Been Discovered, And They're Not What You Think
To deal with depression, you need to deal with its underlying causes. → Read More
The Real Causes Of Depression Have Been Discovered, And They're Not What You Think
To deal with depression, you need to deal with its underlying causes. → Read More
Is everything you think you know about depression wrong?
In this extract from his new book, Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 14 years, calls for a new approach → Read More
'The fatherland of Rausch': how Germany, where many of the world's drugs were invented, began to turn against them
A German chemist invented cocaine in 1859. Heroin was invented by the Bayer corporation in 1888, and a ban was introduced in 1929. Now, however, times are changing – and more compassionate policies are taking root. → Read More
How the country that invented many of the world's drugs turned against them – until now
Cocaine in 1859; heroin in 1888 – and a ban introduced in 1929. Now, however, times are changing – and more compassionate policies are taking root. → Read More
Johann Hari: 'The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety – it's connection'
The author of Chasing the Scream on his anxiety about writing a book, and the 30,000-mile journey of recognition and shared stories it took him on, from the drug war ‘ground zero’ in Baltimore to Colombia and Mexico → Read More
Johann Hari: 'The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety – it's connection'
The author of Chasing the Scream on his anxiety about writing a book, and the 30,000-mile journey of recognition and shared stories it took him on, from the drug war ‘ground zero’ in Baltimore to Colombia and Mexico → Read More
This is how Singapore teaches children to stay away from drugs
The city-state has been distributing morbid anti-drug propaganda in its schools. So we asked an expert what Singapore’s harsh anti-drug policies actually achieve in reality. → Read More
Is capitalism fuelling the war on drugs?
In the Americas, state policies, under cover of an anti-narcotics struggle, lead to terror and displacement. And this terrifying violence overwhelmingly favours transnational capital. → Read More
Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the… → Read More