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I was watching game two of the Toronto/Tampa Bay playoff series (my husband has been a lifelong Canadian hockey lover/player and Leafs fan) and couldn’t help but notice the moving digital ads placed along the boards during the game. Here’s a video to show you what I mean, it’s primed at the 2:23 minute mark, watch the boards around the ice:
Most people will get annoyed for a moment, then tune them out and move on with the game, but I kept seeing them interfere in an already attention demanding, fast paced game and thinking more and more about the “faculty” of attention that Charlotte Mason talked about. What do all these attention grabbing intrusions do to us? I know the why – revenue for the NHL. At the same time, why don’t we value the person and the attention more? Every inch of space seems to flash ads or pop ups or notifications or shorts
This recent article says that attention is the new “gold” of the digital age and quotes Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft as follows:
CharlotteMasonEducation.org – Education is a discipline, an atmosphere, a life
Revival of Learning – Simple resources to learn how to homeschool