Paul Goodman has a line somewhere about how getting distracted is getting attracted to something else. I don't think he attributed the thought to Augustine but maybe it used by too basic and an insight.
> St. #Augustine, one of the Church Fathers of #WesternChristianity. In his autobiographical work, “The Confessions,” Augustine observes that every time we pay attention to one thing, we are distracted from infinitely many other things.
#DavidMarno #ToleratingDistraction
https://theconversation.com/tolerating-distraction-87580

> The modern anxiety about distraction betrays a good deal about us. Insofar as we associate attention with power and control, it reflects our fears of losing both in an increasingly unpredictable cultural and natural climate. We also find ourselves living in an economy where we pay for cultural goods with our attention, so it makes sense that we worry about running out of a precious currency.
https://theconversation.com/tolerating-distraction-87580
#JohnDonne #Augustine on #Distraction for #AttentionEconomy #DavidMarno