Episode description

Casey Schwartz, author of Attention: A Love Story, joins us talk about her journey with Adderall addiction; how social media technology influences our attention and behavior; internet reactivity and mob “justice”; psychedelics and their impact on attention; the deeper philosophy of what attention is; and why attention matters.

• What if that final rug comes up from under us
• The beginnings of Adderall addiction
• The Adderall promise and of the attentional expectations of the modern world
• Adderall does not increase attention, not really
• If attention isn’t focused concentration then what is it?
• Is there such a thing as natural attention?
• Social media turning us into reactive children
• Bonding by bullying through canceling,
• Casey’s journey of watching her father get swept up in the metoo movement
• The difference between justice and vengeance, redemption, and a lack of much-needed nuance
• Adderall addiction in the age of technological onslaught
• How what we attend to changing the meaning landscape of our lives
• The deeper philosophy of what attention is, and why attention matters
• Where you put your attention is how you live your life
• Psychedelics and attention; how psychedelics alter how we attend to life
• Attention, prayer, and the discovery of divine
• A personal trip report of Vyvanse vs Adderall
• Attention: A Love Story and social links

• Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/
• The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/