The Wandering MindThe digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We fantasise about escaping our screens. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world with less noise. We imagine retreating into solitude and single mindedness, almost like latter day monks. But although we think of early monks as master concentrators, a life of mindfulness did not, in