How to Focus with John Cassian

[Based on How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction, by John Cassian, translated by Jamie Kreiner. Full book series here.]

These days we talk a lot about being constantly distracted by our gadgets, and we are right to worry about our ever decreasing attention span. But this is not a new problem at all. Sixteen centuries ago, when the relatively novel “gadget” around was called a book, and when there were not only no smart watches, but no watches at all, people still faced the probl...