"I’d further venture that this fear renders young people less able to concentrate individually or collectively. **An atomized and competitive atmosphere obstructs individual attention because everything else disappears in a fearful and myopic battle for stability**. It obstructs collective attention because students are either locked in isolated struggles with their own limits, or worse, actively pitted against each other." ([Location 1690](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07RHWKD7N&location=1690)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[unions]], [[hustle-culture]], [[fear]], [[long-term-thinking]], [[work-life-balance]] **Source** -- [[20251230081807 - B - How to Do Nothing]]