Attention Economy

exploring the inner workings and dynamics of companies building products engineered to hook us, addict us, and hijack our attention to sell more ad inventory

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a16z Podcast: The Truth about 1000 True Fans + Pricing Our Attention | Andreessen Horowitz

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The Internet is Destroying Your Attention: How to Survive the Attention Economy

Eric Brown

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Cover of The Internet is Destroying Your Attention: How to Survive the Attention Economy

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Before the Internet

New Yorker newyorker.com

Dayna Carney

Ark Head

Venkatesh Rao ribbonfarm.com

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Opinion | Michael Goldhaber, the Cassandra of the Internet Age - The New York Times

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Alex Wittenberg

9 Ways to ‘Rewild Your Attention’

Clive Thompson forge.medium.com

Stuart Evans

The Multitasking Meditator

Matthew C. Nisbet mattnisbet.substack.com

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Are We Really Addicted?

Evan Armstrong every.to

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Business model shapes outcomes. In a subscription based model, you build tools people use and pay for. In an ad-based model, you build engagement hacks. As Tristan Harris put it: “we've moved away from having a tools-based technology environment to an addiction and manipulation based... See more

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