But the flipside of focus is a vast blindness. You can’t have one without the other. Which might explain a lot. It’s a strong argument for widespread use of drugs like weed and shrooms.

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    Focus is inherently reductive. I mean, your perspective shrinks.

    Given a dozen things, focus on one. This ignores the other 11 and brings a great depth and clarity to your view of the one.

    In the depth and clarity you see the one in greater detail. What was simple is now a complex. A new dozen things.

    Now focus on one of those…

    And so on. Shrinking smaller and smaller.

    The ignored world disappears and is forgotten. How far have you come in this process? It’s a good question.