Distraction

Sam harris on his podcast episode about death

"We are living in the age of smartphone and perpetual distraction. It's amazing to consider that the advice that people like socrates and buddha gave, not to be distracted, about the automacity of life and take some time to pay attention to the most important things. That advice was given at a time when the only distraction was going to the tea shop. Now we live in a world where people are struggling to play less than 6 hours of video games, when video games are so compelling."