Attention Economy

And how it affects employees Sometimes it seems we forget that we are simply human beings. Especially in our professional environment — we take on a role, assume responsibility and detach ourselves from our primary personal needs in order to do a good job. And that’s a good thing. Just…

Over the years, I have had a few unsuccessful attempts at staying on social media. It is definitely luring but there is that addictive aspect to it. Once you start, you get sucked right into it. After all, it is literally engineered to do just that. I guess initially, there…

Because attention enhances our ability to think, feel and connect, what we focus our attention on is our life. Throughout our evolutionary history, the brain has long suffered from the major problem that there is much more information in the environment than can be fully processed. If you were to…

Explore the ancient stories of Mercury and its role in critical thinking in the 21st century We all have curious mercurial energy flowing through us — but what does it mean for mass media and its deception of reality? In Greek mythology, Hermes is the herald of the Gods, free…

It is a beautiful day here today. A small opening of the window allows the breeze to enter its way into the room and touch my skin gently. The breeze is moist. It only rained a few hours ago. The wind, in mysterious ways, calms me down. On other days…

In Overdue, Oliver (@aelaineo) mentions the vast destruction that social media has done to our connections with each other and information. While providing this diagnosis, Oliver mentioned Jenny Odell’s (@the_jennitaur) How to Do Nothing, a glorious book. I spend too much time on the Twitter and don’t really have much…

Here’s How to Win It — Media producers, from traditional old media, to big tech platforms such as YouTube, Tiktok, and Meta, to individual content creators, are all waging a war. The territory they are battling over? Your attention. Many of these parties seek to annex the territory that is your attention space, sow the land…