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Our *attention system* is a whole other complex and deeply important thing to grapple with here. Frequently, I see people confuse issues of attention, with deep and essentialist issues of "ability."

We remember what we pay attention to. This is one reason that if you live your life looking at your phone, you will not remember your own life as much. It's also a reason that people experience mindfulness practice as a kind of "slowing down." fascinating stuff that we can actually learn to improve