rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhen you pay attention to a thing you ignore a bunch of other things.message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down11
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareWhen you pay attention to a thing you ignore a bunch of other things.rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoThat’s why they calling “paying” attention. Like money, attention is a limited resource.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-214 hours agoThat makes sense. I think that the biggest thing about paying attention and ignoring is the invisibleness of habitual ignoring. You could have an entire skyscraper of habitual ignoring, rendering an entire universe invisible, and never know it.
That’s why they calling “paying” attention. Like money, attention is a limited resource.
That makes sense.
I think that the biggest thing about paying attention and ignoring is the invisibleness of habitual ignoring. You could have an entire skyscraper of habitual ignoring, rendering an entire universe invisible, and never know it.