Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought.
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.
I've never been a person that has been like, 'I want to be a role model.' But then you realize you are, and you have to be careful with what you say and do.
A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between theories and the best mathematician can notice analogies between analogies.
