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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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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“Specificially, pursuit of novelty creates “luck”, and curiosity is the emotional manifestation of novelty. If we’re more open to what attracts our attention, we’ll get a lot luckier.”

Paul Millerd twitter.com

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How I experience the web today

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The New Gated is Here - Get the App | Gated

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Inhabiting the Negative Space (Sternberg Press / The Incidents)

Jenny Odell

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Cover of Inhabiting the Negative Space (Sternberg Press / The Incidents)

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top highlight: the role of the artist and designer that’s most important to me right now is indeed one as an orchestrator of attention

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

Marshall McLuhan • 11 highlights

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REDEF ORIGINAL: The Attention Economy Crisis: The Future of Content, Commerce and Culture

Joe Marchese redef.com

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1/ Lemme do a 1-slide presentation since I'm feeling job sick. Title: How to Actually Manage Attention Without Smashing Your Phone and Retreating to a Log Cabin

Venkatesh Rao

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