

“I don't think it's a coincidence that this crisis in paying attention has taken place at the same time as the worst crisis of democracy since the 1930s. People who can't focus will be more drawn to simplistic authoritarian solutions--and less likely to see clearly when they fail. A world full of attention-deprived citizens alternating between Twitter and Snapchat will be a world of cascading crises where we can't get a handle on any of them.”
― Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attentionâ€� and How to Think Deeply Again
― Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attentionâ€� and How to Think Deeply Again

“One day, James Williams--the former Google strategist I met--addressed an audience of hundreds of leading tech designers and asked them a simple question: "How many of you want to live in the world you are designing?" There was a silence in the room. People looked around them. Nobody put up their hand.”
― Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attentionâ€� and How to Think Deeply Again
― Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attentionâ€� and How to Think Deeply Again

“In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment.”
― Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attentionâ€� and How to Think Deeply Again
― Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attentionâ€� and How to Think Deeply Again

“our intuitions will be our biggest liabilities, and our imaginations will be our greatest assets.”
― An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
― An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

“Imagination, the real and eternal world of which this Vegetable Universe is but a faint shadow. What is the life of Man but Art and Science?”
― Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion
― Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion

This is a discussion forum for fans of the Brain Science Podcast. The Brain Science Podcast is "for everyone who has a brain;" which hopefully include ...more
Moses’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Moses’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends�
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Moses
Lists liked by Moses