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~ the cost of focusing is the loss of disconnection with everything else

Mark Kolke
Sep 25, 2025
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Attention is indivisible.

ON means everything else is OFF.

No dimmer, no switch, the lights are off, but somebody is home.

Yes, life isn’t a light switch; it’s a messy spectrum.

Focusing on ON/OFF oversimplifies how attention really works and risks missing out on natural interruptions and our joy and appreciation for human flexibility.

True that - but don’t…

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