How to defend your attention and find a flow state

<p>The inspiration for today's episode was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/02/attention-span-focus-screens-apps-smartphones-social-media">a terrific article</a> from <i>The Guardian</i> about the many ways in which the modern world, specifically the software we use every day, was designed to steal our attention. </p><p>During the episode, we discuss Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a professor know as the "father of flow" for his  pioneering research on flow states. Sadly, Prof. Csikszentmihalyi passed away in 2021, but you can find a terrific  tribute to him and his work <a href="https://news.uchicago.edu/story/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-pioneering-psychologist-and-father-flow-1934-2021">here</a>.</p><p>In the second half of the episode, we discuss <a href="https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology">"The California Ideology"</a> and the ways in which hustle culture and libertarian ideals helped to shape Silicon Valley and the world of technology more broadly.</p><p>Congrats to our lifeboat badge winner of the week, UrbanoJVR, who answered the question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66876221/what-is-the-difference-between-mvn-verify-vs-mvn-test/66876427#66876427">What is the difference between 'mvn verify' vs 'mvn test'?</a></p>