The Freedom We're Losing: Why Attention is the New Literacy

We talk endlessly about free speech, but what about free attention? Philosopher Nir Eisikovits argues that our ability to focus has become as crucial to personal freedom as our right to speak. In an age where we can barely sustain attention for 47 seconds, we're losing something fundamental—the capacity to become our own person.

The solution isn't more information; it's better attention skills. We need "attention literacy" taught in schools, helping students distinguish quality sources from junk. Some gatekeeping is necessary. Without the ability to focus deeply, all our speech freedoms become meaningless noise.

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