Notifications
Your ability to filter incoming inputs — choosing what deserves your attention and what can wait.
Johnny Knoxville and What Jackass Means Culturally
Notifications is about choosing what external signals deserve your attention. Johnny Knoxville was being handed a very loud external signal — 'tell us what this all means culturally' — and he made a conscious choice to let it pass without responding. He didn't ignore that it meant something to people, but he filtered out the broader cultural analysis as a demand he didn't need to answer.