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EI Talks... the attention dilemma

EI Talks... the attention dilemma

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EI's Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss an attention dilemma that has haunted western thought for centuries.



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Our attention dilemma is age-old | Alastair Benn



Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium | Seneca



The Essays of Michel de Montaigne



Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes



Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones.



Image: Detail from Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1903. Credit: SuperStock / Alamy Stock Photo
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