# The Empty Cup

Dispatches on the Politics of Attention

By School of Radical Attention

# Special Dispatches

Essays and reports of political, philosophical, and artistic queries on attention.

## Latest Top Discussions

### [The Art of the Longplay](https://schoolofattention.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-longplay)

**Watching people play video games really, really slowly**  
Jun 20 • [School of Radical Attention](https://substack.com/@schoolofradicalattention) and [Alex Wennerberg](https://substack.com/@alexwennerberg)

### [Reading the Void](https://schoolofattention.substack.com/p/reading-the-void)

**Machines can read everything. Only we can read nothing.**  
Jun 6 • [School of Radical Attention](https://substack.com/@schoolofradicalattention)

### [Returning to Sacredness in the Age of A.I.](https://schoolofattention.substack.com/p/returning-to-sacredness-in-the-age)

**The Pope calls for "faces and voices to speak for people again"**  
Feb 17 • [School of Radical Attention](https://substack.com/@schoolofradicalattention)

### [Australians Want to "Let Them Be Kids"](https://schoolofattention.substack.com/p/australians-want-to-let-them-be-kids)

**On the Ground in Sydney at the dawn of the Online Safety Amendment**  
Feb 4 • [School of Radical Attention](https://substack.com/@schoolofradicalattention)

### [Pastures of the Mind](https://schoolofattention.substack.com/p/pastures-of-the-mind)

**Zen and thinking not-thinking with writer Sal Randolph**  
Jan 15 • [School of Radical Attention](https://substack.com/@schoolofradicalattention) and [Sal Randolph](https://substack.com/@salrandolph)

### [What is ATTENSITY? (Pt. 2)](https://schoolofattention.substack.com/p/what-is-attensity-pt-2)

**The ecology of our minds and senses**  
Jan 10 • [School of Radical Attention](https://substack.com/@schoolofradicalattention)

### [Cartographies of Consciousness](https://schoolofattention.substack.com/p/cartographies-of-consciousness)

**Mapping relational worlds with creative technologist Queenie Wu**  
Nov 19, 2025 • [School of Radical Attention](https://substack.com/@schoolofradicalattention)