Julian Simpson’s Substack post, On Authenticity, has struck a chord with me this morning. I enjoy Simpson’s blogging/newsletters in which he describes his insights as a scriptwriter and I’m an avid fan of his audiodramas. Simpson frequently describes the challenges he faces in the meda industry in taking creative ideas forward into production through the […]
Continuing to think out loud. I’m still at the stage of clarifying (for me) precisely what is a state of attention. It seems to be a relatively modern, pragmatic concept which overlaps with ideas about mindfulness (often within a meditative religious framework), epistemology and cognitive functions – which all involve mental focus in controlling and […]
The current debate about the effects of digital technology – and social media in particular – often centres on the detrimental effects it has on our attention, both in terms of our ability to concentrate on tasks in a sustained way and in terms of the way in which our attention is grabbed by sensationalism […]
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