rediscovering deep work
The “gift of listening” is based on the ability to grant deep, contemplative attention—which remains inaccessible to the hyperactive ego.
from The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han
by baja · updated 1d ago
rediscovering deep work
- "The key to thriving in our high-tech world, they’ve learned, is to spend much less time using technology." (Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism)
baja added 4mo ago
- the brain is commonly regarded as a thinking machine, but it’s more often the opposite: a machine that tries to circumvent thinking. This is because cognition costs time and calories, which in our evolutionary history were scant resources.
baja added 4mo ago
The key to developing a deep work habit is to move beyond good intentions and add routines and rituals to your working life designed to minimize the amount of your limited willpower necessary to transition into and maintain a state of unbroken concentration.
from Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
baja added 5mo ago
- One of my (many) contrarian beliefs is that we do not have strong enough preferences. We often blame social media or the speed of information as the reason why we’re easily distracted, but the real reason behind our inability to focus has less to do with the sheer quantity of media and more to do with our laziness when it comes to distinguishing wh... See more
baja added 4mo ago
- Embracing the uncomfortable is key here. We cannot remain entitled to ease, and we should challenge that ease, especially when discomfort makes you turn away from doing something.
from Why Deep Thinking is Dying (Ft. Eli Pariser and Neil Postman)
baja added 4mo ago
- Since low-quality information is just as effective at satisfying our information-cravings as high-quality information, the most efficient way to get attention in the digital age is by mass-producing low-quality “junk info”— a kind of fast food for thought.
from The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
baja added 4mo ago
from Home | Substack by Substack
baja added 2mo ago
- People are starving. To run in the dark across grassy fields holding sizzling sparklers up to the stars, dive into the deep cold blue sea, curl up on the couch with a good book, a big mug of tea, and a nest of blankets near a crackling fireplace. Return to the pure presence of childhood. Experiencing for the sake of experiencing. Unaccountable to s... See more
from the end of our extremely online era. by Tommy Dixon
baja added 3mo ago
Observations from experiments such as this one led Dijksterhuis and his collaborators to introduce unconscious thought theory (UTT)—an attempt to understand the different roles conscious and unconscious deliberation play in decision making. At a high level, this theory proposes that for decisions that require the application of strict rules, the co
... See morefrom Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
baja added 5mo ago
unconscious thought theory (UTT)