Setting your mind on something. In other words focusing is not useless. It is how things get done. Being mindful and living with conviction is what got us so far and will get us out of this mess.

Prayer absolutely can be slacktivism. But, for those who prefer to reference psychological, philosophical or even stupid bio-hacking, the difference between prayer and looks-like-prayer can be discerned and explained. And then there is the directly observed aspect of the power of real prayer that shifts one out of monkey mind into something more like connection to infinite love/peace/knowledge/compassion/truth which is very, very convincing especially to skeptics. There is nothing as lovely as a skeptic becoming a bemused enjoyer of mystery.