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From: thinking@alterthinkbe.com
Subject: On Digital Stoicism and the Art of Attention

Dear Fellow Thinker,

I've been thinking about Marcus Aurelius lately—specifically, what the emperor-philosopher might make of our notification-saturated world. His Meditations are, at their core, exercises in attention: how to focus on what matters, how to distinguish between what's up to us and what isn't.

This week's essay explores how ancient Stoic practices might help us reclaim our attention in an age of infinite scroll. It's not about digital minimalism—it's about something deeper: developing what I call "philosophical resistance" to the attention economy.

Also reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, which beautifully captures the absurdity of trying to optimize our way out of finitude.

Until next time,
Your thinking companion

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