We live in an attention economy. It's not a new idea. Yet, rather than paying for services and products that give us control over our attention, websites are free (gratis) at the expense of our attention. Something went terribly wrong.
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(That photo was by
@BuzardKurt.@Am_anatiala's extremely reasonable anger over failure to credit wildlife photogs is one positive effect of my twitter feed.)Show this thread -
And, I think that perceptual defect is related to how intoxicating and addictive instantaneous access to novelty is. Maybe we need some speed bumps?
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Oh, I just remembered this tweet from
@fchollet. I think it's part of what's been percolating in my mind that I'm trying (sloppily) to convey in this thread.https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1045827136076972032 …Show this thread
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Interesting, not heard the term "attention management" before ... any citations to offer in that line of thinking?
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The attention economy literature treats it as a scare resource. I don't think they say management though, it's usually allocation. But, it's been a while since I read any of it so don't count on me ;)
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This feels very important. I should get back to it...
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