We live in an attention economy – a system designed not simply to inform us, but to capture us. Algorithms compete for our focus. Notifications interrupt our thoughts. Outrage and anxiety are rewarded because they keep us engaged. None of that is accidental.  The emotional and spiritual costs are real.  When attention is trained primarily on what is loud, alarming, or divisive, it quietly reshapes our inner world.  The question before us is not whether we will be influenced — but who or what we will allow to shape us.