Chris Hayes

A project that cannot, by definition, sate our desires, but feels close enough to real human connection that we cannot but pursue it in ever more compulsive ways.

Well, and I think that's because... there's something holy or sublime in actual human connection that can't be replicated. Like that, you know, the thing that we're chasing is something ineffable and non replicable.

Well, and I think that's because... there's something holy or sublime in actual human connection that can't be replicated. Like that, you know, the thing that we're chasing is something ineffable and non replicable.

Well, and I think that's because... there's something holy or sublime in actual human connection that can't be replicated. Like that, you know, the thing that we're chasing is something ineffable and non replicable.

And it's the reason we chase it because it's, it's what makes life worth living at a certain level is to be recognized and seen in relationships of mutual support and affection and care with other people. You know, that's it. That's the stuff of it. And it's, We are given a tantalizing facsimile that some deep part of us cannot help but chase, but it can't also be the real thing.

And it's the reason we chase it because it's, it's what makes life worth living at a certain level is to be recognized and seen in relationships of mutual support and affection and care with other people. You know, that's it. That's the stuff of it. And it's, We are given a tantalizing facsimile that some deep part of us cannot help but chase, but it can't also be the real thing.

And it's the reason we chase it because it's, it's what makes life worth living at a certain level is to be recognized and seen in relationships of mutual support and affection and care with other people. You know, that's it. That's the stuff of it. And it's, We are given a tantalizing facsimile that some deep part of us cannot help but chase, but it can't also be the real thing.

What you quickly find is that positive compliments and recognition, they just sort of wash off you. But the insults and the negativity cuts and sticks. I mean, do you not feel that way as someone who has some public profile?

What you quickly find is that positive compliments and recognition, they just sort of wash off you. But the insults and the negativity cuts and sticks. I mean, do you not feel that way as someone who has some public profile?

What you quickly find is that positive compliments and recognition, they just sort of wash off you. But the insults and the negativity cuts and sticks. I mean, do you not feel that way as someone who has some public profile?

or something like you're in the public square and it feels terrible and I don't understand why like I could just shut my computer and be gone but it does not feel that way internally yeah and I think you know I can think of days I spent in that haze you know when you come out of it you're like why did I let myself feel that way like why did I spend a whole day like why was I I could even think of moments of being distracted from my you know kids

or something like you're in the public square and it feels terrible and I don't understand why like I could just shut my computer and be gone but it does not feel that way internally yeah and I think you know I can think of days I spent in that haze you know when you come out of it you're like why did I let myself feel that way like why did I spend a whole day like why was I I could even think of moments of being distracted from my you know kids

or something like you're in the public square and it feels terrible and I don't understand why like I could just shut my computer and be gone but it does not feel that way internally yeah and I think you know I can think of days I spent in that haze you know when you come out of it you're like why did I let myself feel that way like why did I spend a whole day like why was I I could even think of moments of being distracted from my you know kids

Because I was sitting there and feeling wounded and hurt and ruminating on a mean thing someone who I don't know said online. And I'm distracted by tensions on that instead of like my wonderful child sitting on my lap.

Because I was sitting there and feeling wounded and hurt and ruminating on a mean thing someone who I don't know said online. And I'm distracted by tensions on that instead of like my wonderful child sitting on my lap.

Because I was sitting there and feeling wounded and hurt and ruminating on a mean thing someone who I don't know said online. And I'm distracted by tensions on that instead of like my wonderful child sitting on my lap.

That's exactly right. You know, attention is the substance of life. That is what our lives add up to. It's in every moment we are choosing to pay attention to something or we're having it compelled, but we're paying attention to something. And that's what adds up to a day and a week and a month and a year and a life. And... It's also finite.

That's exactly right. You know, attention is the substance of life. That is what our lives add up to. It's in every moment we are choosing to pay attention to something or we're having it compelled, but we're paying attention to something. And that's what adds up to a day and a week and a month and a year and a life. And... It's also finite.

That's exactly right. You know, attention is the substance of life. That is what our lives add up to. It's in every moment we are choosing to pay attention to something or we're having it compelled, but we're paying attention to something. And that's what adds up to a day and a week and a month and a year and a life. And... It's also finite.

You know, this is one of the key points I make is that part of the value and the reason it's so valuable and the reason there is such competition for the extraction of attention is that unlike information, it's capped. It's a finite resource. It's people are figuring out how to take. one or two extra slices of the pie, not grow it.