# Many Intelligence Problems Are Really Attention Problems by Bryant McGill > “Awareness is a step beyond knowledge. Information can only be gathered by someone paying attention, so many apparent intelligence problems are really attention problems. Listening fully opens the door to everything else.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency - Livestream (Sep 2016)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency - Livestream|Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Analog Cognition and the Architecture of Continuity|Analog Cognition and the Architecture of Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency - Livestream|Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Attention and Intelligence|Attention and Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Awareness is a step beyond knowledge. Information can only be gathered by someone paying attention, so many apparent intelligence problems are really attention problems. Listening fully opens the door to everything else.” — Bryant McGill, Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency - Livestream (Sep 2016) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-intelligence-problems-are-attention-problems ```