I was reading a blog post from Paul Campos (Lawyers, Guns & Money) and he linked to an NYT interview with Michael Pollan who has a new book (“A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness”). I found this bit interesting:

Consciousness is a very precious realm. It’s the realm of our privacy and our freedom to think. So I think we need some kind of consciousness hygiene, particularly at this moment, where this one politician has figured out ways to command our attention.

Yes.

I’m all for consciousness hygiene! They used to say “tune in and turn on” but now I think we have to say “tune out and turn off.”