Hey Kevin - it strikes me looking at the snippet from this quote . . . "Agency, willfulness, and determination will likely be extremely valuable. Correctly deciding what to do and figuring out how to navigate an ever-changing world will have huge value; resilience and adaptability will be helpful skills to cultivate." . . . that having a measure of mastery over one's attention is the root competency to the upsides of this. "Correctly deciding what to do" simply cannot occur if we're not able to give ourselves the space to see things as they are, to observe objectively, and to come to conclusions that are based on the capacity to direct our own attention rather than following the thousands of threads and narratives we're goaded to pursue by the vested interests of others who themselves lack agency, willfulness, and determination.
Ah yes, this is so well said by you. "having a measure of mastery over one's attention is the root competency to the upsides of this.", which makes me think writing is even more important now than ever. It helps us clarify our thinking and navigate in the ever more noisy world.
Hey Kevin - it strikes me looking at the snippet from this quote . . . "Agency, willfulness, and determination will likely be extremely valuable. Correctly deciding what to do and figuring out how to navigate an ever-changing world will have huge value; resilience and adaptability will be helpful skills to cultivate." . . . that having a measure of mastery over one's attention is the root competency to the upsides of this. "Correctly deciding what to do" simply cannot occur if we're not able to give ourselves the space to see things as they are, to observe objectively, and to come to conclusions that are based on the capacity to direct our own attention rather than following the thousands of threads and narratives we're goaded to pursue by the vested interests of others who themselves lack agency, willfulness, and determination.
Ah yes, this is so well said by you. "having a measure of mastery over one's attention is the root competency to the upsides of this.", which makes me think writing is even more important now than ever. It helps us clarify our thinking and navigate in the ever more noisy world.