Makes me think of ‘breadth and focus’ in meditation. I think awareness of the breadth of experience is harder, the mind wants to latch on to one thing then another. But then there’s everything we miss.
On the other hand if we registered everything in our environment all the time we’d be totally exhausted! Not noticing everything is like putting ourselves onto battery saving mode.
Your other point about wanting to "win" the contest is a good one. I think a lot of the folks working to capture our attention are keenly aware of that urge (to be paying attention to the "right" thing).
Makes me think of ‘breadth and focus’ in meditation. I think awareness of the breadth of experience is harder, the mind wants to latch on to one thing then another. But then there’s everything we miss.
On the other hand if we registered everything in our environment all the time we’d be totally exhausted! Not noticing everything is like putting ourselves onto battery saving mode.
Absolutely! That is well said, thank you!
Wondering whether these experiments demonstrate the limits of our attention...or affirm our innate drive to "win" at a challenge...!
...or a demonstration of "the war on our attention"?
DEFINITELY this.
Your other point about wanting to "win" the contest is a good one. I think a lot of the folks working to capture our attention are keenly aware of that urge (to be paying attention to the "right" thing).
Anyway great thoughts, thank you!
Thank YOU for sharing this thought-provoking content! Whew!