added by Alex Wittenberg and · updated 1y ago
Attending to the World
- To receive no one’s attention would be a kind of death. There are, of course, disordered ways of seeking attention, but we need the attention of the other even if only to know who we are. This is why I recently wrote that “the problem of distraction can just as well be framed as a problem of loneliness.” Digital media environments hijack our desire... See more
from The Uncanny Gaze of the Machine by L. M. Sacasas
Alex Wittenberg added
- Attention is a finite resource, and how we choose to spend our attention online is, in some ways, a direct reflection of where human culture has gone in an era where access to information is basically unlimited. We are very much in our teenage years—that is, we suddenly have all these new capabilities and it’s really easy to just run wild. Bu... See more
from Charles Broskoski on self-discovery that happens upon revisiting things you’ve accumulated over time by Laurel Schwulst