vgr on attention management: optimize your information diet, don't just unplug
alexisgallagher · x · 2026-10-18
Sharing an old vgr thread on optimizing your information diet. vgr argues managing attention isn't about "unplugging" or virtue-signaling by "only reading ancient Greek authors," but staying sensitive to your mind's quality and consciously targeting the zone — moving fluidly between small mind and great mind.
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