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arguably (sorta vervaeke-inspired) attention is sort of the fundamental resource, cognitively so the right verb for it would actually be the same verb as for energy or entropy do we have a verb for that? "burn" but *usefully*. "harness"? goddamn we need a new basic word again

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Malcolm Ocean in Glasgow (37/100 vids)

@Malcolm_Ocean

· Oct 8, 2020

What if instead of talking about "paying attention" we talked about "investing attention"?

#MetaphorsMatter

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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@Malcolm_Ocean

it actually feels weird to me to even think of it as a resource. i like the feel of "direct attention" more. "point attention"? "aim attention"?

9:28 PM · Feb 13, 2022Twitter Web App

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The difference IMO is that attention is hardly "consumed" by using it, attention is finite mostly because time is finite and sensory bandwidth ~constant. I can't, say, conserve attention by absent-mindedly going through most my day so I can use it up later.

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@superparmigiano

Feb 13

"direct" sounds good, maybe "allocate"?

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yeah i went for 'placing' when i was playing around with ideas here too but some types of attention (loosely: those that override intuitive input) can pretty much be considered a resource, so 'paying' works for those.

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@DaveCBeck

· Jul 5, 2021

I think most people reading this will have spent most of their lives "paying attention". And not enough time placing their attention in or out.

Am I right? #ship30for30 #WritingDeepLife

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