rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhen you pay attention to a thing you ignore a bunch of other things.message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareWhen you pay attention to a thing you ignore a bunch of other things.rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s why they calling “paying” attention. Like money, attention is a limited resource.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months 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.