05/29/2020
Pay attention.
All the major media and tech companies are financially incentivised to harvest your attention. Artificially intelligent algorithms have propelled us into an attention economy.
Your attention is the fuel. Your interaction is monetised and addiction is the goal. Studies show how deeply these addictions have re-wired our brain's neural networks, so much of the change has already happened. We have a responsibility to reclaim our attention and direct it consciously.
So just a message to say take care of what you’re consuming, or you might find yourself unconsciously addicted to a empty behavioural loop. Empty because you weren’t actually there. Were not really present. Not really alive in the fullest sense.
Your attention is sacred.
— Samuel