Emmanuel Joseph
In a world overflowing with notifications, endless feeds, and manufactured noise, our most vital resource-attention-has become dangerously scarce. Attention Famine reframes distraction not as a minor inconvenience but as a form of starvation, leaving our minds malnourished and our lives fragmented. Blending insights from cognitive science, media theory, minimalism, and philosophy, this book reveals how the economy of noise exploits our hunger for focus, rewires our brains for shallowness, and erodes our capacity for depth, intimacy, and meaning. Through seventeen thought-provoking chapters, it explores the architecture of distraction, the disappearance of boredom, the politics of attention, and the spiritual dimension of focus. More than a critique, it offers a path forward: reclaiming silence, embracing simplicity, and feasting on the nourishment of deep attention. Urgent, provocative, and deeply human, Attention Famine is a manifesto for anyone who feels starved for clarity in a world designed to keep us restless.
