Listen, Memory
My normal mode of consuming news, I realized, induced panic; this new style induced perspective.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
I was seeing that the means by which we give over our hours and days are the same with which we assault ourselves with information and misinformation, at a frankly inhumane rate.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the local newspaper. It’d take an hour, tops, out of their day. 1 hour out of 16 waking hours, or 6%. The rest of the day was spent making, creating value, conversing with others — 94%. Desires were simple — work for food and housing and a way to get around, find love, rai... See more