There is a quiet force working in our lives every single day. It's not always loud or dramatic, but it may be one of the most powerful factors influencing our success, our happiness, and even our ...

In the attention economy, the customized digital experience you are served is drastically different from that of the person next to you, driving isolation and disconnection. In an era where the term ...

Mr. Burnett, Ms. Loh and Mr. Schmidt are members of the Friends of Attention collective. The lament is as old as education itself: The students aren’t paying attention. But today, the problem of ...

For more than a decade, I have hosted an hour-long cable TV show on MSNBC. When I got my own show, I imagined it as something akin to the experience of first-time car ownership. I could drive wherever ...

Before Edwin Hubble, there was Henrietta Leavitt, whose work made other astronomers’ discoveries possible. Her way of looking is a testament to the power of attention in science, art, and life.