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As our attentional skills are squandered, we are plunging into a culture of mistrust, skimming, and a dehumanizing merging between man and machine.
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…nothing is more central to creating a flourishing society built upon learning, contentment, caring, morality, reflection, and spirit than attention.
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A culture that settles for numb distraction cannot shape its future.
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A culture of divided attention fuels more than perpetual searching for lost threads and loose ends.
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A culture of constant movement, in part fueled by a love of instant gratification, cannot bear the mystery and unpredictability inherent in the idea of pause.
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In this land of distraction, we begin to rely on fragments, snippets, and push-button answers, and that is not a step forward. That is the beginning of a cultural decline.
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…the measurement and management of risk is more central to our culture than ever before, as the unavoidable cost of navigating a world that we feel that we can actively shape…
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This miraculous cultural invention [reading], a feat so unnatural that it necessitates a painstaking rewiring of the brain to learn, shapes our understanding of life.
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Only a society rich in memory and reflection can hope to build a culture of creativity, vision, and care.
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With splintered focus, we’re cultivating a culture of distraction and detachment.
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