On Tue, Jan 01, 2019 at 10:03:29PM -0600, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2019-01-01 21:37, Steve Litt wrote: > > The degree of attentiveness we now > > demand in our workplaces has been a positive trait for only a > > couple centuries, and genetics hasn't caught up. So blame is > > counterproductive. > > > > I beg to differ. It's not in the genetics. It's in how we choose to live.
Actually, there is a genetic component to attention deficit. > The level of consciousness in parts of the world hundreds of years BC > surpasses what we are capable of today. Our individual traits/skills/talents > are the resultants of the quality of our past actions over millennia. IOW we > start a life with what what is commensurate to who we have been. So choose > wisely. What's weird is how attention deficit seems to be paired with an ability to hyperfocus. If properly directed (which can be difficult -- the attention-deficit-afflicted don't hav that much control over it) it's what enables someone to focus on tracking down a bug for hours if necessary, forgetting all else. Attention deficit is a rather paradoxical syndrome. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
