15 November

Education isn’t about subjects, it’s about learning to pay attention. And keeping at it past the point where others get bored (Einstein’s advice). Without training your attention, everything in the world will just be a confirmation of what you already think. When you master attention you’ll notice something - it’s not you paying attention. Training your attention is the process of removing you from the process. It’s you that gets in the way of paying attention to how things are. I return to the pandemic each day like a dog to its vomit, because the greatest issue of our lives is happening right now. We need to pay attention to it, past the point of boredom.