http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/huxley-on-distractions http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/huxley-on-distr... [Further reading](http://bo

http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/huxley-on-distractions http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/huxley-on-distr... [Further reading](http://books.google.com/books?id=dt8TBNyJpEkC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=incessant+appeals+to+greed,+competitiveness,+and+love+of+aimless+stimulation.+Men+have+always+been+prey+to+distractions,+which+are+the+original&source=bl&ots=evGXtbfBXa&sig=45FPkJsbPDqJ8inGdqMWJMdioG4&hl=en http://books.google.com/books?id=dt8TBNyJpEkC&pg=PA129&#...) I don't know if I buy that line of reasoning. Distractions only distract in context, and I believe if your goals are firm 'distractions' hold no appeal. That is, distractions only distract is I'd we desire or care about them, in which case they're actually our true objectives, regardless of how unflattering that may be to accept. But I could be wrong!