"Paying attention is in fact one of the most challenging and meaningful things you can do. Because what you pay attention to shapes what you care about. And what you care about shapes who you become."
The students were lucky to hear this speech; it's excellent advice.
Jonathan Haidt (@JonHaidt)
Thanks to my friend and co-author @glukianoff for laying out what we actually wrote in The Coddling of the American Mind, and applying it in response to seven arguments made by those who objected to my selection as a commencement speaker:
eternallyradicalidea.com/p/w…
— https://nitter.net/JonHaidt/status/2056474487843864902#m