isabelle
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INSKEEP: How was the attention economy a factor in the rise of Donald Trump?
HAYES: Well, I think he is the ultimate symbol of the attention age. I think because of his own personal profile, he has a kind of feral instinct for getting attention - a need for it that I think is boundless. And that need for it has led him into an insight that defines t... See more
HAYES: Well, I think he is the ultimate symbol of the attention age. I think because of his own personal profile, he has a kind of feral instinct for getting attention - a need for it that I think is boundless. And that need for it has led him into an insight that defines t... See more
In 'The Siren's Call,' Chris Hayes discusses on how attention has become currency
ways to use your brain:
-Listen to a philosophy podcast while walking
-Rewatch a childhood movie and analyze it in an essay
-Learn a new word and use it in a sentence
-Write a letter to someone (or yourself)
-Memorize a poem
-Learn the capitals of every country
-Go to the Library
-Pick a side in a debate—then argue the opposite
-Rewrite a fairytale from a
... See moreWrite something ugly and tangled and undeveloped. Not to produce or sound intelligent, but it’s to hear yourself again. To track the way your mind moves. To think your own thoughts without structure or pressure or input. You write to find out what you think. To watch your brain unfold
Kylee • Unrot Your Brain
writing & expression through words
write to hear yourself is so touching, I think sometimes I hear myself but its hard to know which voices to listen to .
If I care about self-realization, fulfilment, and joy, which I do above almost anything else, then I cannot reasonably sit back and do nothing as my attention is in someone else’s hands more than it is in mine.
the zeitgeist is going offline
nd yet . At the end of the day, attention is still ours. No matter how many forces try to seize it, shape it, or sell it - our attention begins and ends with us. We are the only ones who can reclaim it. That’s our responsibility. And that’s also our power.
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
This difference is what the media theorist James Carey calls the ritual view versus transmission view of communication. In the ritual view, communication is an act of sharing or fellowship between people. This is reflected in how the word “communication” itself shares a root with “community” and “commonality”: the original reason for why we would t... See more
against content
so scary that we have literally convoluted the idea of community and relationship these days. now when someone follows me is it because they want a follow back? because they saw a reel of mine a bit ago and think they want me to influence them? do they want to be my friend? it feels like its never that last one. or I will maybe never know because that’s not what rlly happens. its transactional now. its brand deals and likes and followers and views. what will come of this?
When something new pops up (a notification, a headline, a banner), your dopamine system lights up. And dopamine isn’t just about pleasure; it’s about anticipation . In other words, it’s the thrill of what might be next that hooks you.
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
Make a video track of the song with the video being timecode, and have 10 seconds of timecode before the song starts. Put it on an iPad and have a Bluetooth speaker. This will serve as your slate, and each time you shoot you start pointing the camera at the iPad. The artist plays/ sings along to the music and that keeps their speed the same allowin... See more
What is your process for shooting a music video?
** importance of slating
If I get two videos about the same thing on my For You Page, for example, I don’t see it as serendipitous because I know it’s targeted. So I don’t make a story. I get confined to the disjointed yet predictable reality of the algorithm, a narrative prisoner of efficiency.