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“An act of pure attention, if you are capable of it, will bring its own answer,”
Maria Popova • How We Render Reality: Attention as an Instrument of Love
Complete attention,” Weil declared, “is like unconsciousness.” As such, it is a state that does not entail a particular action or stance, but instead suggests a form of reception, open and nonjudgmental, of the world.
Robert Zaretsky • Simone Weil’s Radical Conception of Attention
Here is an overt premise. There is just no way that 2004’s reelection could have taken place—not to mention extraordinary rendi-tions, legalized torture, FISA-flouting, or the 6
David Foster Wallace • Deciderization 2007—a Special Report
David Foster Wallace
Modern organizations are not defined by their models as much as their risk-reward matrices.
'Absolutely botched': How the Red Sox-Devers breakup got so messy
Understanding comes only when we let go of our self and allow the other to grab our full attention. In order for the reality of the other’s self to fully invest us, we must first divest ourselves of our own selves.
Robert Zaretsky • Simone Weil’s Radical Conception of Attention
Functional just means expertise-based, not general management-based.
Nilay Patel • Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on What ‘Founder Mode’ Really Means - The Verge
The more we synchronize ourselves with the time in clocks, the more we fall out of sync with our own bodies and the world around us.