Recently, maybe because I’ve spent too much of my time on the internet, I’ve just gotten the sense that we’re at an information and attention saturation point. There is so much going on in the world all the time, and there are innumerable entities constantly vying for our attention. The news cycle shifts suddenly and dramatically daily, from one global affair to another. It feels difficult to keep up.

And perhaps that’s the greatest detriment to our global society that we face. Our economic model of ad revenue, clicks, and platform time has jolted capitalism into hyperdrive. There appears to be little accountability to corporations, governments, or industries. To a single individual, it feels insurmountable.

But I truly believe we can persevere. I truly believe we are more similar than we are different, that what works for most of us can be flexible enough to accommodate everyone, and that we can overcome the onslaught against our attention, to reach a place in which we all thrive. But it requires recognition; we can’t begin without awareness.