Important, Not Important

We are all being pulled in so many different directions.The clock is ticking and we have a climate and virus and society and economy to fix and we’re distracted, all of the time.Not just by all of these immense, complicated, systemic issues, not just by an explosion of candidates to donate to, and GoFundMe’s to donate to, but also by the just infinite plethora of opportunities for engagement, if only for a moment. It’s getting harder for us to read long-form writing, to focus on one thing without instinctively reaching for another at the same time.And here’s the broader implication: If we can’t pay attention to what’s going on with our planet, with our communities, with the heat, and viruses, and opportunities to electrify everything, to train and hire more nurses, to educate more people, to elect folks that matter in districts and elections that matter, then we’re going to have a very hard time fixing any of it.But we are less in control than we’ve ever been – maybe there’s free will, maybe not – w