We can explore the ways in which our attention is generated, manipulated, valued and degraded. Sometimes attention might simply be a lens through which to read the events of the moment. But it can also force us toward a better understanding of how our minds work or how we value our time and the time of others. Perhaps, just by acknowledging its... See more

I have elsewhere called these artificial intelligence systems “ looms ,” and I think they are best understood as external attention systems —just as writing can be called an external memory system. Recommendation engines, predictive feeds, and language models perform the various functions of attention: filtering, noticing, selecting what matters... See more

The Currency of Attention in an Age of Infinite Access

In the shadowed agora of the digital age, a silent siege rages—a worldwide assault on the fragile currency of human attention. This is no mere distraction but a calculated plunder, where algorithms, honed by artificial intelligence, transmute fleeting glances into chains of escapism. AI, once a... See more