"But to describe attention as a “resource” is to subtly misconstrue its centrality in our lives. Most other resources on which we rely as individuals—such as food, money, and electricity—are things that facilitate life, and in some cases it’s possible to live without them, at least for a while. **Attention, on the other hand, just is life: your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay attention**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[attention]], [[character]], [[personal-values]] **Source** -- [[202410130434 - B - Four Thousand Weeks]] **See Also** -- [[202410151030 - AtN - Personal values determine where you allocate your attention]]