How a world of information, distraction, and stimulation competes for our attention. What captures our attention can deepen – or flatten – our understanding of reality.
Articles
Core Ideas
- Shallow vs. Deep Inputs (upcoming)
- The Information Pyramid: Being More Mindful of the Types of Information We Consume
- Your Map of Reality: How Your Beliefs Influence How You See the World
- Paradigm Shifts: A Complete Change in Worldview
Modern Attention Environment
- Supernormal Stimuli: How the Modern World Hijacks Our Natural Instincts
- Infotainment and the Expanding Definition of News
- Meme-Brained: How Shallow Culture Creates Shallow Understanding
- Glued to the Screen: Scrolling Hypnosis and the Allure of Easy Dopamine
- How Social Media Creates FOMO
- Current-Events Man: Lost in the Endless News Cycle
- Digital Amnesia: Why Saving Information Is Not the Same as Learning It
- Eliminating Distraction: How A Single Interruption Throws Off Your Entire Focus
Critical Thinking & Discernment
- Explain Yourself: The Healthy Challenge of Describing Your Beliefs
- Why We Ignore Advice When We Need It The Most
- Steel Man vs. Straw Man: Why You Should Build Strong Arguments for Ideas You Disagree With
- How to Be a Skeptical Thinker About Facts and Statistics You Find on the Internet
- Sherlock Holmes: Lessons on Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
Learning & Insight
- The Necessary Pain of Trial-and-Error
- What If: The Power of Hypotheticals and Counterfactual Thinking
- The Drawing Effect: How Doodling Can Improve Your Thinking, Memory, and Emotions
- The Triple Path Model of Insight
- Think In New Categories: The Genius Behind Walt Disney’s Creative Trailblazing
- How to Master Your Intuition and Know When to Trust Your Gut
- Beginner’s Mind: Looking at Old Problems With New Eyes
Quizzes
Worksheets
- Digital Inputs Audit (upcoming)
Key Visuals
I. Shallow vs. Deep Inputs
II. Information Pyramid
