Chris Hayes
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
All right, let's talk about the sociocultural part of the book. I guess, what is just the broad thesis about putting the politics aside about how we are kind of managing our attention in this, you know, in the box of screams age?
All right, let's talk about the sociocultural part of the book. I guess, what is just the broad thesis about putting the politics aside about how we are kind of managing our attention in this, you know, in the box of screams age?
So there's kind of two sides of this that you get into. Like one is how we manage attention. you know, in this age dealing with like all of the different attention stimuli and, you know, how, you know, how we channel our attention for good. And then the flip side of the coin, which is the democratization of getting attention. Right.
So there's kind of two sides of this that you get into. Like one is how we manage attention. you know, in this age dealing with like all of the different attention stimuli and, you know, how, you know, how we channel our attention for good. And then the flip side of the coin, which is the democratization of getting attention. Right.
So there's kind of two sides of this that you get into. Like one is how we manage attention. you know, in this age dealing with like all of the different attention stimuli and, you know, how, you know, how we channel our attention for good. And then the flip side of the coin, which is the democratization of getting attention. Right.
And so let's just like talk about the first part first a little bit and like whether, you know, I think you had one line in there that your, the book was an attempt to find some peace on this front. Did you find any for people?
And so let's just like talk about the first part first a little bit and like whether, you know, I think you had one line in there that your, the book was an attempt to find some peace on this front. Did you find any for people?
And so let's just like talk about the first part first a little bit and like whether, you know, I think you had one line in there that your, the book was an attempt to find some peace on this front. Did you find any for people?
You wrote this Elon thing. I'd write this down. He wrote in 2022 that, where is it? Unfortunately, even trivial articles about me generate a lot of clicks. Will try my best to be heads down focused on doing useful things for civilization. He wrote that in 2022. How'd that go?
You wrote this Elon thing. I'd write this down. He wrote in 2022 that, where is it? Unfortunately, even trivial articles about me generate a lot of clicks. Will try my best to be heads down focused on doing useful things for civilization. He wrote that in 2022. How'd that go?
You wrote this Elon thing. I'd write this down. He wrote in 2022 that, where is it? Unfortunately, even trivial articles about me generate a lot of clicks. Will try my best to be heads down focused on doing useful things for civilization. He wrote that in 2022. How'd that go?
On kind of the receiving of attention side of this, I was intrigued by the point about babies, right? That we get attention immediately, that in other animals, like, you know, babies don't need attention quite as much, you know? Have you ever watched, by the way, have you ever watched like a litter of pigs nursing? I don't think I have. You watch a lot of weird shit. I did notice in the book.
On kind of the receiving of attention side of this, I was intrigued by the point about babies, right? That we get attention immediately, that in other animals, like, you know, babies don't need attention quite as much, you know? Have you ever watched, by the way, have you ever watched like a litter of pigs nursing? I don't think I have. You watch a lot of weird shit. I did notice in the book.
On kind of the receiving of attention side of this, I was intrigued by the point about babies, right? That we get attention immediately, that in other animals, like, you know, babies don't need attention quite as much, you know? Have you ever watched, by the way, have you ever watched like a litter of pigs nursing? I don't think I have. You watch a lot of weird shit. I did notice in the book.
You also were like, I've once watched carpet being cleaned for hours.
You also were like, I've once watched carpet being cleaned for hours.
You also were like, I've once watched carpet being cleaned for hours.
You watch it while you do other stuff? Or is it just you and your mind looking at carpet cleaning videos?
You watch it while you do other stuff? Or is it just you and your mind looking at carpet cleaning videos?
You watch it while you do other stuff? Or is it just you and your mind looking at carpet cleaning videos?