The attention dilemma

Oct 03, 10:00 AM

EI's Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss an attention dilemma that has haunted western thought for centuries.

READING LIST

Our attention dilemma is age-old | Alastair Benn

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium | Seneca

The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes

Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones.

Image: Detail from Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1903. Credit: SuperStock / Alamy Stock Photo