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

We see curiosity theater all around.

Audience members asking questions at panels that are actually mini-speeches. People at dinner name-dropping obscure books in conversation but never engaging with their core arguments. Folks on social media starting ‘learning projects’ and abandoning them after a week.

Then there’s curation theater.

Posting endless... 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