But doing nothing doesn't fulfill the required function, which is distraction fr...

		pmg101 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Attention is your scarcest resource (2020) But doing nothing doesn't fulfill the required function, which is distraction from existential dread. Watching TV does. People do a lot of that too. Anything to save observing things as they are or reflecting on them.

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