We have never had so much information at our fingertips. We know what is happening in distant wars almost as it happens. We can summon facts in seconds, communicate across continents, and organise our lives with extraordinary efficiency. Yet there is a curious paradox at the heart of all this abundance: The more information we consume, the less time we seem to have to think. Nearly sixty years ago, Martin Heidegger warned about the difference between merely calculating and genuinely thinking. Modern societies, he feared, were becoming extraordinarily good at planning, organising and controlling, while losing something quieter and more difficult: The capacity to reflect. His warning now feels uncannily familiar.

Much of contemporary life encourages reaction rather than reflection. A headline appears; we........

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