— Analysis of how the attention economy operates, its effects on media consumption, and related digital trends. —
The chronic dominance of the brain's Default Mode Network (DMN) shows up in common, everyday experiences. These include driving a familiar route on autopilot with no memory of the trip, reading a page of a book while absorbing none of its meaning, or rehearsing a reply in a conversation instead of a
Sam Harris contends that modern smartphone usage and social media platforms are fundamentally altering human attention spans, making sustained focus on even enjoyable activities increasingly difficult. He observes that people now struggle to read books or watch entire movies without interruption, dr
We live in the safest, most prosperous era in human history, with record gains in literacy and life expectancy. Yet today's information environment traps us in a "collective psychosis." The attention economy rewards bad news and collapse narratives, locking populations in chronic stress — a finding
The concern about AI in education may be less about cheating than about something subtler: students learning to outsource the discomfort that is the actual engine of intellectual growth.
If you've ever been forced to sit through a sales pitch for something you'd already decided to buy, this explains exactly why that happens — and why it costs companies customers.