“And yet I think also that if even we today could acquire the knack of maintaining undistracted consciousness between coffee breaks, we too might find that we possessed angelic talents, powers, and skills.” – Joseph Campbell
“The truth about us is sobering: We have been playing with our smartphones while hurtling toward the abyss…” – Sam Harris, Trump in Exile
The Decline of Attention
Human flourishing depends on many mental and physical attributes: dexterous hands, abstract thought, language, and social bonds. If any of these vanished on a large scale, our quality of life would decline. Most of these foundations of human achievement remain intact—but one mental faculty essential to progress is in alarming decline. Continue reading “The Importance of Awareness”
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