attention is sacred

exploring the sacred nature of "attention"

If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention

L. M. Sacasas theconvivialsociety.substack.com

Narrating and listening foster each other. The narrative community is a community of careful listeners. A particular kind of attention is inherent to careful listening. People who listen carefully are oblivious to themselves; they immerse themselves in what they hear: "The more self-forgetful the listener is, the more deeply what he listens to is i

aron

15/ That whole experience taught me something unforgettable - attention is an ACTION. It changes things. When you give attentive curiosity to the world, people notice Sometimes they respond to the implied invitation. Are there risks? Sure. I nearly got mugged in Cape Town

Matt Jugo

x.com

Stuart Evans

What risk are we radically underestimating as a species? What are we overestimating?

I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more

Nadia Asparouhova • Nadia Asparouhova on antimemetics, nuclear mysticism, and scrolling

sari

Opinion | Chris Hayes: I Want Your Attention. I Need Your Attention. Here Is How I Mastered My Own.

Chris Hayes nytimes.com

alex

When we fall in love with someone’s mind, it has far less to do with what they create and more to do with what they direct their attention toward. A relationship with Claude could satisfy me for a time on the level of output––I type, Claude types. When we are not speaking, I don’t know what Claude is paying attention to. Claude doesn’t either. I do... See more

ssari

via Daisy Alioto

The real question is, where does scarcity still exist? It exists where it has always existed—in the distribution layer, with the limits on human attention. Artificial intelligence can generate abundance in creation, it can even create new currencies, but it cannot convert attention into currency. Only human beings can do that.

I’ll go even further ... See more

ssari

via Daisy Alioto

Collecting and archiving are ways to reclaim and own our attention—they are acts of meaning-making. These practices are rituals: habits and skills that demand time, patience, and a willingness to look beyond the surface.

To collect well is to resist algorithmic influence. A true collection reflects deeply personal values and a genuine desire to know... See more

Patricia Hurducaș • Archives: Anchors For Attention

sari

An attention ecology goes against the idea of an attention economy, in which one’s attention is directly monetized and pitted against other things that are also meant to co-opt your attention.

Within the architecture of a project, whether it’s a printed piece or a website or something else, we’re always trying to deeply consider how one’s atte

aron