attention is sacred
exploring the sacred nature of "attention"
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attention is sacred
At a certain point we’re gonna have to build up some machinery, inside our guts, to help us deal with this. Because the technology is just gonna get better and better and better and better. And it’s gonna get easier and easier and more and more convenient, and more and more pleasurable, to be alone with images on a screen, given to us by by people
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Jeff Bezos on retraining our attention spans
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
... See moreOpinion | Chris Hayes: I Want Your Attention. I Need Your Attention. Here is How I Mastered My Own. - The New York Times
Chris Hayesnytimes.comThe life we call “normal” isn’t normal at all. A spouse and kids, a mortgage, a 9-to-5 job... who said that was life? What’s so great about working in a factory or a cubicle? You and I, who are artists and entrepreneurs, live a life that’s closer to natural, if you ask me. We migrate, too. We follow the muse instead of the sun.... See more
All addictions share,
Steven Pressfield • Turning Pro – by Steven Pressfield
Intentionality
“Intentionality…is about the connection between what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.” - Malcom Ocean
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