but I think much of it is me slowly—still—becoming less reactive to the discomfort of sitting in stillness and confusion.

how to cultivate deep, stable concentration in the face of complex, ill-structured creative problems?” I now have several years of data on self-reported focus and energy levels, and it’s comforting to see that this does get easier with practice.

They exert agency, in other words, on the formation of the world beyond their head.

many of my generation are increasingly craving a return to this attentional autonomy. There’s something dehumanizing about the endless attention engineered feeds scrolling by on smart phones.