Attention and Information – The Aporetic

Peo ple often argue that we have too much infor ma tion and too lit tle atten tion; that this is a con di tion of being “mod ern.” But the oppo site may be true: that atten tion is a human con stant and that it con­stantly seeks new forms. Where there’s “sur plus atten tion” we always come up with things to occupy it.

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