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The quiet art of attention

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Re: The quiet art of attention

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Post by joseferben »

hall0ween wrote: post #6

I like the message of the article overall. And I am skeptical when “liberation” and “freedom” are used when not clearly defined because where I am from (US) these words are thrown around flippantly. If I follow this approach of quietness and attention, will I be free from hunger (ie have food)? Free from fear (eg security from violence)? No, clearly not. There are other freedoms. Also, a left out item that we have di…

my read on it is that it’s liberation and freedom in a very buddhist sense.

you won’t be free from hunger, but it may reframe our relationship with food so there is less compulsion and mindless consumption.

it won’t take away fear in the face of imminent danger (that’s a good thing, we have to survive) but it may reduce background anxiety that’s present in our daily lives.

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Post by billwear »

mzajc wrote: post #9

Well written! I can relate to most of the article. However, I find that > To focus on one thing deeply, to give it your full attention, is to experience it fully. And when we do this, something remarkable happens. Time, which so often feels like it is slipping through our fingers, begins to slow. doesn't really apply to me, or to many people I know and have worked with - it is when I focus on one task that "time flie…

agree that the "clock of life" is a strange beast, when compared to the clock on the wall. i try to quit paying too much attention to the latter, and time becomes more nuanced and textured.

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Post by dleink »

rfonseca wrote: post #10
abound wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This may be the culture, but one can largely choose to not participate in it. E.g. not having social media accounts and curating your news sources with a focus on unsensational, fact-based reporting.

"curating your news sources with a focus on unsensational, fact-based reporting" -> curious how you do this!

I’m working on this as a personal project so I’m interested in other’s solutions!

I’m not working on it toooo hard. This is something I think some AI software tool might swoop in and solve before I can build something I’m happy with.

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Post by abound »

rfonseca wrote: post #10
abound wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This may be the culture, but one can largely choose to not participate in it. E.g. not having social media accounts and curating your news sources with a focus on unsensational, fact-based reporting.

"curating your news sources with a focus on unsensational, fact-based reporting" -> curious how you do this!

News Minimalist [1] is one way, where it aggregates stories across outlets and uses LLMs to remove clickbait from titles. It also assigns loose 'scores' to each story to approximate how 'important' it is, which I've found to be directionally useful.

Ultimately, it comes down to why one consumes news at all. If it's to have something to discuss around the water cooler or dinner table, that's a very different use case than someone trying to pattern match on world events for trading stocks or selling their wares.

[1] https://www.newsminimalist.com/

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