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		lm28469 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Attention is your scarcest resource (2020) Most of the time you'd be better off sitting in silence for 10 min rather than reading the latest news cycle or doomscrolling on social media. Sometimes doing nothing is more productive than attempting to fill the gaps with meaningless noise

pmg101 8 months ago [–]

But doing nothing doesn't fulfill the required function, which is distraction from existential dread.

Watching TV does. People do a lot of that too. Anything to save observing things as they are or reflecting on them.

baxtr 8 months ago | [–]

This comment is so profound. Thanks for sharing this insight

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