Attention Economy - brainfck.org

It’s a business sector that makes money gathering consumers attention, repackaging and reselling it to advertisers.
The attention merchants
extracting eyeball minutes has become more lucrative than extracting oil
smartphones have played a key role since they people were convinced to look at their phones a lot
critical use is a problem for the digital attention economy
- users should not be restricting their exposure to social media consciously
- Facebook researchers claim social media poses mental health but using it more can help
Tipps to survive
- Use social media like a professional
  - try to extract large amounts of value for professional and personal life, while avoiding much of the low-value distraction these services deploy to lure users into compulsive behaviours
    - e.g. thresholding (only see tweets with 50 likes or retweets)
- Embrace Slow Media
  - it’s a general commitment to maximize the quality of what you consume and the conditions under which you consume it
  - consume media with a mindset of slowness
    - limit your attention to the best of the best
    - small amount of high-quality offerings is usually superiour to a larger amount of low-quality
    - isolate news consumption
      - try to ritualize it by chosing a location that will support you in giving your full attention to the reading
      - download articles in advance (learn to use getpocket wisely)