Noise: The Invisible Mechanism That Sustains Drift
Hill’s Devil doesn’t argue. It floods. Noise keeps attention reactive and prevents the coherent internal signal formation required for insight, purpose, and self-governance.
The key line
You cannot hear intuition if your mind is constantly reacting.
What “noise” looks like (operational)
- Constant novelty intake (feeds, tabs, alerts).
- Emotional whiplash (outrage, panic, dopamine spikes).
- Chronic urgency (“no time to think”).
- Borrowed thinking and certainty loops.
The antidote (simple but strict)
Noise reduction is rarely complex. It’s boundaries and rhythm: fewer inputs, fewer spikes, more consistency. That creates enough quiet for coherent signal to form.