{"id":436,"date":"2025-06-19T21:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/?p=436"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:49:43","slug":"about-attention-and-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/about-attention-and-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"About attention and focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An interesting post from the GapingVoid blog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gapingvoid.com\/fight-for-your-right-to-focus\/\">Fight for your right &#8211; to focus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TL:DR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QUOTE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We used to read books. Now we scroll. We used to debate. Now we rage-post. The internet promised connection but delivered fragmentation. Of our own minds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We could go the way of the young people \u2013 delete social media, go on a digital detox. But those are just new ways of avoiding the real work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not that we\u2019re online too much. It\u2019s that we\u2019ve stopped choosing. We consume whatever the algorithm serves up instead of intentionally deciding what deserves our focus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opportunity is straightforward enough: decide what matters and seek that out \u2013 both IRL and online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If attention is our scarcest resource, it\u2019s time to stop giving it away for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNQUOTE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/normon.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/normon.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/normon.ovh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting post from the GapingVoid blog! Fight for your right &#8211; to focus TL:DR QUOTE We used to read books. Now we scroll. We used to debate. Now we rage-post. The internet promised connection but delivered fragmentation. Of our own minds.\u00a0 We could go the way of the young people \u2013 delete social media, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8,9,10,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business_management","category-gtd_or_gettingthingsdone","category-opportunity_for_improvement","category-social-media"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon-belgium.be\/@arnold\/114711998189082488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normon.ovh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}