Reclaim The Brain

My attention is shot. I’d like to have another go. Things about focus, the ruination of focus, ADHD, and paying attention.

David Pennington

The scientific virtues are:

Stupidity

Arrogance

Laziness

Carefreeness

Beauty

Rebellion

Humor

The Scientific Virtues

It blows me away that I work for myself and yet I somehow I have to keep up with 3 calendars.

Your brain on shrooms — how psilocybin resets neural networks

Max Kozlov nature.com

I think of writing a lot like walking. It’s rarely the most popular, the most effective, or the most efficient way of getting to your destination. I don’t always want to do it, and it’s not always technically enjoyable; sometimes it’s boring or slow, sometimes it’s tiring and pointless, sometimes it’s cold or wet or windy and I’m retracing the same... See more

Rayne Fisher-Quann • Choosing to Walk

'Brain rot' named Oxford Word of the Year 2024 - Oxford University Press

“We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them,” she insisted, “but by waiting for them.”3

L. M. Sacasas • If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention

Thoughts on AI (particularly generative AI) in no particular order of development or importance:

The widespread use of AI is resulting in the largest collective brain drain of the human experience. But is this the result of COVID (remote learning, overreliance on online experiences, mental decline from Long COVID) and AI is the tool used to

Attention is first philosophy—

Philosophy is not only a system of thought but a mode of attentiveness, an exercised openness to what exceeds us yet calls us to deeper participation. Its systematic aspects are downstream of this attentiveness, and can certainly become a scaffolding by which others can train their own attention, but it is at its root... See more

Adam Robbert • Attention is First Philosophy