![[CleanShot 2026-07-31 at [email protected]]] For more information on Wess' other writings visit https://www.gatheringinlight.com These are some of the resources sited in the New England Yearly Meeting talk on August 2, 2026 Articles: - D. Graham Burnett, “Attensity now! The Revolution Rises Against Human Fracking.”Arizona State University - Humanities Institute. (February 2026). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bwbvvn_4FA accessed 2026-07-30. - [Fracking Eyeballs](https://asteriskmag.com/issues/04/fracking-eyeballs): How an alliance between psychologists and advertisers at the turn of the 20th century taught us how to measure (and monetize) human attention by D. Graham Burnett - [Attention sanctuaries: Social practice guidelines and emergent strategies in attention activism](https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.15313) by D. Graham Burnett and Eve Mitchell - Friends of Attention Website - https://www.schoolofattention.org Books: - [Attensity Now! A Manifesto for The Attention Liberation Movement](https://bookshop.org/a/7736/9798217086153) - [Stand Out of Our Light - James Williams ](https://bookshop.org/a/7736/9781108452991) - [How to Do nothing - Jenny O'Dell](https://bookshop.org/a/7736/9781612198552) - [Bored and Brilliant - Manoush Zomorodi ](https://bookshop.org/a/7736/9781250126658) - [Stolen Focus - Johann Hari](https://bookshop.org/a/7736/9780593138533) - [Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport](https://bookshop.org/a/7736/9780525536512) Wess' Writings: - [What Canst Thou Prompt?](https://www.gatheringinlight.com/what-canst-thou-prompt/) - [Let’s Get Bored Together: The Practice of Silence and Resisting the Attention Economy](https://www.gatheringinlight.com/lets-get-bored-together-the-practice-of-silence-and-resisting-the-attention-economy/) - [Attention and Empire's Algorithms (Luke 10:25ff)](https://www.gatheringinlight.com/attention-and-empires-algorithms-luke-10-25ff/) - [Silence can save us](https://www.gatheringinlight.com/silence-can-save-us/) - [The Practice of Using Quaker Silence in Educational Settings](https://www.gatheringinlight.com/the-practice-of-using-quaker-silence-in-educational-settings/)