Dave Morris · The Impossible Curriculum

Attention Is the Scarce Resource

More information does not help when the system has not protected the attention required to process it.

The day contains more information than any person can metabolise.

Messages arrive while you are answering other messages.

The news has updates before you have understood the last update.

The family chat needs a decision about Saturday.

The school app has a notification that sounds optional until it is suddenly not.

The dashboard has moved.

The inbox has reproduced.