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Attention economy (n.) is a system in which human attention is the scarce resource that media and apps compete to capture and sell.
Attention economy (n.) is a world where silence counts as lost revenue.
Goldhaber's Wired essay "Attention Shoppers!" argued ours is not truly an information economy, because information is abundant and attention is not.
Economist Herbert Simon framed the problem in 1971: "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention."
Attention economy (n.) is why every thumbnail has a face that just saw a ghost.
Attention economy (n.) is the reason your fridge has notifications.
Attention economy (n.) is a business that profits when you forget why you opened your phone.
Attention economy (n.) is an economy where you're not the customer or the worker, but the mine.
Attention economy (n.) is a casino that charges in minutes and never shows you the bill.