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
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
Gaining a following on social media is a measure of people’s attention. It is not a measure of benefit to others, nor knowledge, nor sincerity, nor wisdom, nor leadership capability - yet these are some of things that are needed to minimize the harm from having a following.
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.