The Quiet Shelf

“Perhaps there are no fixed, immutable brain disorders, and we could all be vulnerable to mental breakdowns or malfunctions under the pressure of stressful circumstances. We could all go crazy. Maybe we already have.”

“Only by understanding how attention works can we begin a journey towards freedom, authentic choices and independence from what new technologies present as urgent and unavoidable.”

Solo conoscendo le regole dell’attenzione potremo iniziare un percorso di libertà, di scelte autentiche, d’indipendenza da ciò che le nuove tecnologie presentano come impellente e ineludibile.

“Since neither the past nor the future exist, let’s talk about now. It’s not yesterday or tomorrow that decides it. It’s here and now.”

“It is thus in our evolutionary best interest to be slightly paranoid, but it is also essential that our levels of attention vary according to our emotional state. When walking on our own down an unlit street, the sound of footsteps will occupy more of our attention than it would on a crowded street in daylight.”