Fighting for Your Attention, Stealing Away Your Time: How to Survive in a Distracted World and How Did We Get Here?
Tue, Nov 02
|Austin Institute
Time & Location
Nov 02, 2021, 7:00 PM – Nov 23, 2021, 8:30 PM
Austin Institute, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
About The Event
Through the course of three meetings, Dr. Marianna Orlandi and Dr. Kevin Stuart will explore and discuss the attention problem of today. First, our scholars will engage in a philosophical and epistemological analysis of the sources of the problem, one which connects our distraction problem with a very modern and post-Enlightenment conception of human freedom.
They will then examine and review some practical tips and tricks, which might help us all refocus our attention, take back possession of our time, and act again as coherent moral agents. These reflections will be largely based on the brilliant and recent works by Matthew Crawford, The World Beyond your Head, and by Cal Newport, Deep Work.
This compact seminar will also inaugurate a new initiative of AI: Disconnected & Refocused Fridays (DRF). Click here for more information!
About our Speakers:
Dr. Kevin Stuart, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Austin Institute
