ADD and the Modern World: How Culture, Disconnection, and Overstimulation Shape Attention | Chapter 13 of Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté
ADD and the Modern World: How Culture, Disconnection, and Overstimulation Shape Attention | Chapter 13 of Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté Welcome to Last Minute Lecture’s in-depth summary of Chapter 13 from Scattered Minds by Dr. Gabor Maté. This chapter expands the focus from individual and family causes of ADD to the wider cultural landscape—revealing how our society’s chronic disconnection, stress, and media-driven overstimulation have made attention deficit a cultural epidemic. Begin with our full video summary below, and subscribe to Last Minute Lecture for more chapter-by-chapter guides, social critiques, and healing resources: Subscribe to Last Minute Lecture for more academic insights, psychology resources, and culture-focused study guides. Culture as an ADD-Inducing Environment Dr. Gabor Maté challenges genetic and “frontier” explanations for North America’s high rates of ADD. Instead, he traces the roots of modern attention struggles to the breakdown of family ti...