The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by Matthew B. Crawford, 2015
We often complain about our fractured mental lives and feel beset by outside forces that destroy our focus and disrupt our peace of mind. Any defense against this, Crawford argues, requires that we reckon with the way attention sculpts the self.
“The tech platforms aren’t like the Medici in Florence, or those other rich patrons of the arts. They don’t want to find the next Michelangelo or Mozart. They want to create a world of junkies—because they will be the dealers.”
Selective attention enables separation of overlapping speech in noisy environments. This study shows that #attention triggers bidirectional informational flow from #sensory regions to regions associated with semantic, syntactic & executive functions during active processing of #CocktailParty speech #PLOSBiologyhttps://plos.io/3uZKBse
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"#Tech companies hate you. Not individually – you’re an insignificant data point in a global #matrix of #profit. But they have dehumanised you, stolen and then sold your #attention back to you, destroyed the #social fabric and perverted the human need for #connection into an infrastructure of pure #alienation. This is what I think whenever I pick up my phone, which I can’t stop doing."
"l went to a cabin in the woods without my phone. Could I break its spell?"
A decade ago, I taught college students about what I called "infotention" -- cultivating deliberate habits, tools, and mindsets to deal with contemporary tsunamis of information. I made a concept map of the topic. Each of the document icons opens separate documents on the subject of the labeled nodes.
A study of caffeine’s effects on our brain and attention revealed that during periods of #sleepdeprivation, a single dose of #caffeine can improve #attention in sleep-deprived individuals, but regular high consumption of caffeine leads to diminished attentional performance, as well as alterations in #brainactivity.
Giving people my undivided attention is one of the most valuable gifts I can offer. When I truly focus, it shows that I am present, engaged, and genuinely interested in what you have to say.
My thoughtful level of attention nurtures meaningful connections and fortifies relationships. In both my personal and professional situations, being completely present and attentive.....
"This conference brings researchers and educators together to explore the science of attention and motivation and the impacts of stress, mindfulness, and technology on student engagement. Discover ways to increase student motivation, reduce digital distractions and boost learning."
Playing with self-attention in latent diffusion models. This animation illustrates that the model learns to represent 3d scene properties like depth and object semantics. The red dot shows which pixel's self-attention map we're seeing.
It has not been trained on depth maps or segmentation maps, just normal natural images.
“Our modern economy increasingly relies on capturing people’s attention. The incentives reward speed, flair, and outrage. Reactivity is a feature not a bug. The goal is to be first, to be extreme, and to capture as much gaze as possible. It’s why start-up companies pride themselves on “moving fast and breaking things.” It’s why social media quickly devolves into a toxic, tribal, and angry cesspool.” https://time.com/6336418/responding-thoughtfully-internet-essay/#SocialMedia#Attention
Au vu du nombre de publications sur les réseaux sociaux de personnes qui cueillent des champis sans les connaître et demandent ensuite s'ils peuvent les manger sur simple photo, c'est cadeau. #champignon#mycologie#automne#nature#reseauxsociaux#attention
I think I'm focused about 25% of the time during my guided breathing exercises 😏
I take heart knowing that the important bit is that I notice when my attention wanders and can bring it back, but I would like to get in at least two full in-out cycles before my mind wanders!
Make no mistake: #RFKJr knows exactly what he’s doing - but knows his time is limited for cementing his #politicallegacy. Yes, it’s really that shallow: his ego supersedes #democracy.
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I was drawing Palworld Fanart 3 Times like Lifmunk, Caprity, and Ribbuny. I discovered Bob Marley One Love my genre is Reggae tomorrow your FA Account and SoFurry Account to be Unbanned so I will able to Post It!...
[R] Gated Linear Attention Transformers with Hardware-Efficient Training (www.reddit.com)
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.06635...