October 9, 2026

How to Think Clearly When Everything Is Competing for Your Attention

There was a time when having too much information meant spending too much time at the library. Today, we can consume more information before breakfast than we could possibly process in a day. Our phones buzz. Inboxes fill. Notifications interrupt. News updates arrive. And somewhere underneath all that noise is something we actually need time to think about. We have more access to information than any generation before us, yet that doesn’t necessarily make us better thinkers. Sometimes, it makes clear thinking harder. When everything competes for our attention, the challenge isn’t simply concentrating harder. It’s deciding what deserves our attention in the first place.