“The problem of distraction is usually discussed as a problem of technology.

It’s more fundamentally one of political economy: in a culture saturated with technologies for appropriating attention, our interior mental lives are laid bare as a resource to be harvested by others.”

— santi ruiz (@rSanti97) May 16, 2022

And philosophy is opposed and denigrated as “useless” because it’s all that can provide the framework to halt this.