the information space
With information flooding in from near and far, people were falling victim to “present-mindedness.” They were so busy consuming new information that they had no time to step back and view the information in a broad historical and cultural context. Overwhelmed by immediate concerns and diversions, they shunned the hard, slow work of interpretation.
Nicholas Carr • The Tyranny of Now
... See moreThey waste our time for their benefit. When you understand it like that, spam isn't a side problem or trivial problem; it is the problem of our time. Spam is all the things we don't want to pay attention to that want our attention. Spam arises from the tension between the two foundational facts of the attention age: information is infinite,
Opinion | Michael Goldhaber, the Cassandra of the Internet Age - The New York Times
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*My* chief concern is that many readers no longer seem to care who’s presenting “the news” at all — a fact that hustlers of all stripes both exacerbate and capitalize on.
Caitlin • The rise of the online news hustlers
We’re all informavores. The drive to know the unknown still exists in us all. It powers the unpredictability of the scarcity loop. It’s that deep, angsty discomfort we feel as we wait for information about an outcome. That could be knowing the falling of slot machine reels, a flood or drought of likes, the shifting of a Robinhood stock, or waiting
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we must ensure that mechanisms are in place to force AI companies to engage with these repositories on their creators' terms.
Citation Needed News • “Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
Publications, whether massive or tiny, are platforms now. Audiences will choose a small number and become very loyal to them. Thus news publications will perform more and more aggregation as a service.
Kyle Chayka • 🟧 Aggregation theory
Media literacy is about comprehending, appreciating, and withstanding the environmental power of media.
8.3. Media literacy is the skill and discipline of switching between media and, ultimately, of willingly turning off any medium, no matter how emotionally attractive and sensory pleasing this medium may be.
8.4. In the digital environment, media... See more
8.3. Media literacy is the skill and discipline of switching between media and, ultimately, of willingly turning off any medium, no matter how emotionally attractive and sensory pleasing this medium may be.
8.4. In the digital environment, media... See more