Attention is an essential precondition of life on par with water

Evidence

What if we were to think of our attention as an absolutely essential precondition of life itself? Because it is exactly this. So, what if we were to think of it as something like, say, WATER? A fundamental resource without which our beings cannot survive. Would not, then, the existence of a vast network of thieving siphons seem like a nightmare out of some dystopic science fiction? — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 104

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames attention as a life-sustaining fundamental resource, setting up the human-fracking metaphor that spans the book.
• XREF: connects to: Attention is an interactive relation to one’s life-sustaining environment, not a resource — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 86; Attention is the substrate of care for self, community, and planet. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 93; Attention enables individuals to become themselves, not merely survive — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 486 (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Attention is an interactive relation to one’s life-sustaining environment, not a resource — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 86; Attention is the substrate of care for self, community, and planet. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 93; Attention enables individuals to become themselves, not merely survive — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 486 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Attention enables individuals to become themselves, not merely survive #complicates (0.74) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 486
• Intense attention can become immobilizing and bring one out of step with everyday life #complicates (0.72)