this is known as trataka meditation in the yogic tradition. trataka falls under the umbrella of kriya (purification) techniques which is why it helps with focus and intention
This seems like the thing that Rob is actually aggravated by, which is understandable. There are plenty of seesawing arguments about whether ad-tech based data mining is worse than GenAI, but AI encroaching on what we have left of humanness in our communication is definitely, bad.
calling opinions "low effort" seems to suggest that everyone needs to be an expert in anything they talk about. I keep coming across this in technical circles and I find it discourages honest sharing and harms psychological safety