Simone Weil's Idea That Attention Is Moral Gains New Relevance in the AI Era
Posts circulating Simone Weil's view that attention is the foundation of morality, echoed by C.S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters, warn that degrading our attention is the first step toward moral decline—an idea gaining traction amid AI-driven attention economies.
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