attention

The kind of attention we pay actually alters the world: we are, literally, partners in creation

from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist

baja

90 percent of success is not getting distracted.

—Farnham Street

Haruki Murakami: siła prostoty i obsesji, czyli jak biegać, pisać i żyć

Przemek Gerschmann substack.com

When you choose whom to follow on Twitter, you’re choosing what types of mindsets and aesthetics to expose yourself to on a regular basis. You’re choosing what types of conversations to have. You’re choosing to be reminded regularly of certain things, and not of others. This is a kind of Programmable attention.

Programmable attention

“Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind.”

—Epictetus

Gurwinder • Stoicism: The Ancient Remedy to the Modern Age

If I look at things that have turned out well in my life (my marriage, some of my essays, my current career) the “design process” has been the same in each case. It has been what Christopher Alexander called an unfolding .1 Put simply:

I paid attention to things I liked to do, and found ways to do more of that. I made it easy for interesting people

Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process

I paid attention to things I liked to do → again it starts from attention

Almost Everyone I’ve Met Would Be Well-Served Thinking More About What to Focus On

Henrik Karlsson henrikkarlsson.xyz

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

Alexi Gunner • idle gaze 067: slowpunk

“ping minimalism” ; small acts of digital resistance underpinned by the idea that attention is the most valuable asset we have, and must be protected at all cost.