Welcome to the age of digital noise
Upon every accident, remember to turn toward yourself and inquire what faculty you have for its use. If you encounter a handsome person, you will find continence the faculty needed; if pain, then fortitude; if reviling, then patience.
Welcome to the age of digital noise. Every time an advertisement, a headline, or a social media judgment flashes across your screen, it presents an external impression seeking your automatic assent.
The Stoic Discipline of Attention (Prosochē) teaches you to pause and inquire what inner tool you possess to deal with that impression.
Instead of letting external noise dictate your mood, deploy the correct internal faculty: patience for internet trolls or continence for consumer cravings.
Your goal is to filter out distracting informational "noise" to ensure your judgments are based on reality.
Try this today: Choose one informational channel (news app, social feed) and apply a filter: if the content falls outside your domain of control or competence, release the judgment and redirect your focus.
Until tomorrow, Stoics…
Stay hungry. Stay wise. Eat brekkie.
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