What The Sirens Call Teaches Us About the Economy of Our Attention
Here are some quotes from the book"Siren's Call" - Chris Hays, that made me think. I. Attention, Distraction & the Restless Mind Is the development of a global, ubiquitous, chronically connected social media world more like comic books or cigarettes? Humankind Has Now spent more time playing Call of Duty than has existed on earth. We've got three main aspects of attention in our working model: involuntary attention, voluntary attention, and social attention. The root of it, he proposes, is an aspect of the human condition upon which so much today depends: the restlessness of our minds, the craving for diversion. The more diversion we have access to, the more diversion we crave. The more diversion we need, the more quickly we become bored. In a distracted age, focus is power, and to focus relentlessly on a topic is to convey its importance. II. Boredom, Idleness & Limitation Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; quite the contrary...