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

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Alex Wittenberg

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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Can digital devices promote human-to-human interaction? Technology companies are increasingly using ambient computing to create more thoughtful products that demand less of our attention in a post-notification world.👉

Victoria Buchanan

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Keely Adler

The Case for Netflix to Add an Ad-Based Tier

John Gruber stratechery.com

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I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message

Ezra Klein nytimes.com

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What the Hell Is Going On?

David Perell perell.com

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Being fine with periods of solitude, working alone, pushing things forward without others cheering you on...that's a superpower. The ability to run your own race, despite what the world is doing, initially looks behind - but puts you out front.

Dr. Julie Gurner twitter.com

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How to quit Facebook without quitting Facebook

Kaitlyn Tiffany vox.com

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