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Friday, April 16, 2010

About attention

Here's another mnml post. Read it.
Consider what you give your attention to each day. It’s a precious resource, & determines the shape of your life.

I also like this, from the same article:
Give up on news. It’s a never-ending cycle. And if you’ve paid attention to the news as long as I have (I’m a former journalist), you know it’s all the same, year after year. Unless your job depends on it, the news is usually a waste of your attention.

I have pretty much stayed away from the news for decades. One of the reasons was I found it depressing. Well, I've become stronger and sounder mentally, so I gave it a new chance recently. And what did I find? I don't get depressed by it these days... but it's simply not interesting! Like the guy said, it's the same ole same ole same ole.

It seem like if you're looking for a new inspiration or guru, Leo Babauta may not be the worst choice. Buy his book.
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Sukiho and myself just coined:
"News is just gossip made respectable."
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8 comments:

  1. H. de Long Rush16 Apr 2010, 15:09:00

    http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2010/10-081.html

    "The more you have, the more attention they require."

    50 million a day, and growing. Perhaps I will give the archive a miss.

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  2. Tommy16 Apr 2010, 15:41:00

    EO, do I see a model for Domai in that article??

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  3. Sukiho16 Apr 2010, 18:55:00

    news is just an elitist term for gossip

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  4. Eolake Stobblehouse16 Apr 2010, 19:02:00

    That's an interesting way of looking at it. Really no difference, is there, except the number of people and the money involved. And the respectability because of those two.

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  5. Eolake Stobblehouse16 Apr 2010, 19:03:00

    "... gossip made respectable."

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  6. dave nielsen16 Apr 2010, 19:52:00

    Really no difference, is there, except the number of people and the money involved

    They aren't at all similar.

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  7. Ganesha Games17 Apr 2010, 16:11:00

    A minimal keeping up to date is needed for practical purposes. Knowing that flights are cancelled or buses are on strike when you travel. Tech news.

    But I indeed have been switching off the TV whenever our prime minister appears on screen, and I stay away from all gossip, life of celebrities, or crime news (unless I'm fishing for ideas for a game or story).

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  8. Marcelo Metayer18 Apr 2010, 03:24:00

    I am a journalist, and I absolutely AGREE with you.

    News come and go in cycles. And what the politics of today do, whatever they do, nobody will remember tomorrow.

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