Periagoge
Course

The Examined Shallow work and the attention economy: Look directly at how shallow work operates in your own life, and what it reveals about your choices. This is less about fixing yourself and more about understanding what's actually happening.

Uncover how shallow work shapes your daily choices and what your attention patterns reveal about the life you're actually living.

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Concepts in this course
Concept
Flowing Against Resistance
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Naming Work Without Judgment
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Reciprocal Attention Economy
Concept
Temporal Reversal and Task Batching
Concept
The Emptiness Before Action
AI prompts in this course
AI Prompt
The Moment Shallow work and the attention economy Changed for You
AI Prompt
What Would Change if You Got Shallow work and the attention economy Right?
AI Prompt
A Hard Question About Shallow work and the attention economy
AI Prompt
What's Holding You Back with Shallow work and the attention economy?
AI Prompt
The Shallow work and the attention economy Question You're Avoiding
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Laozi
Technology & Attention
Laozi guides you through this course personally — adapting to your situation, not a script.