On Attention Hygiene

Information’s pace of flooding our senses continues to accelerate by the minute. Opening Twitter, Reddit, or any social media can leave us horribly exhausted.

With a hoped for relief from the moments of doldrum between tasks of ever-tightening pressure, we can impulsively check the magic screen in our pockets.

But we are drinking sea water, making us thirstier for more.

Maybe we try to manage our impulsive natures through a digital detox, “dumb phones”, internet blockers, all versions of setting...