The Distracted Person Isn't Choosing

The key is that the distracted person isn't really choosing at all. What you pay attention to will define you. The word in Arabic is one of my favorite Arabic words, akhtarah. They're not choosing a real or even an apparent good. Everything will pull their attention. It's called the Nunde devil in the old scholastic tradition. Sloth. Spiritual laziness. People that don't want to think about the inevitable.