Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Are you not entertained................?

 Wallace seemed to understand that as media multiplies, so does competition for attention. And as competition for our attention multiplies, content is no longer optimized for beauty or art or even enjoyment—but rather for its addictive qualities. . . .

. . .what we would all need to aspire to become: recovered addicts. People who can cut themselves off cold turkey, who can turn off the drug. People who can manage their own attention and not fall victim to endless streams of mindless engagement. People who can step above the fray of political addiction and demand substance over bluster. And not just for our own sake. For everyone else’s as well. 

-Mark Manson, from this post

cinema lovers may recognize the title from this classic scene

1 comment:

  1. Speaking of Russell Crowe and that scene

    https://twitter.com/russellcrowe/status/1548941331267047429

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