phenomenological map of attention
fold it up, put it in your pocket
things sit in our attention in a particular way
nothing needs to be sitting in our attention
nothing needs to be sitting in our attention in any particular way
very sparing, efficient, judicious with attention
if we don't need to, we won't
one of my very general principles of philosophy is "what does it do to you?" (and are those good)
error of some worldviews/philosophies etc is that they imply certain things (or views) are supposed to always be relevant
reductionist scientism
manosphere
communism
EA / utilitarianism
we mistake the phenomenon of something sitting in our attention one way and not another, with negation
difference between totalizing and universal
withdrawal of the self
"pass the salt"
simple ways of sitting in attention
vs complicated ways
philosophers very concerned with what is true, real, exists
but more importantly: what is
I'm trying to protect myself from the possibility that you're trying to screw me over
"that jar, that I trusted was glass"
"shows being"
"that jar showed being made of glass"
"me a few minutes ago knew it as being made of glass"