attention economy, n.Trivia

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."