Attention - Revision history

https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Attention Attention - Revision history 2026-11-13T23:35:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8785&oldid=prev Fractalguy at 11:19, 7 July 2025 2025-07-07T11:19:19Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:19, 7 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on one thing at a [[time]]. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote>[https://www.are.na/editorial/tenderness-shares-a-root-with-attention Attention is care], and in many [[languages]] the word has both meanings. [https://www.are.na/editorial/tenderness-shares-a-root-with-attention] Caring for someone is often more than just paying attention, but you cannot begin to care without giving your attention.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on one thing at a [[time]]. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote>[https://www.are.na/editorial/tenderness-shares-a-root-with-attention Attention is care], and in many [[languages]] the word has both meanings.[https://www.are.na/editorial/tenderness-shares-a-root-with-attention] Caring for someone is often more than just paying attention, but you cannot begin to care without giving your attention.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== The Attention Economy ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== The Attention Economy ==</div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8784&oldid=prev Fractalguy at 11:18, 7 July 2025 2025-07-07T11:18:30Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:18, 7 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on one thing at a [[time]]. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on one thing at a [[time]]. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://www.are.na/editorial/tenderness-shares-a-root-with-attention Attention is care], and in many [[languages]] the word has both meanings. [https://www.are.na/editorial/tenderness-shares-a-root-with-attention] Caring for someone is often more than just paying attention, but you cannot begin to care without giving your attention.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== The Attention Economy ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== The Attention Economy ==</div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8783&oldid=prev Fractalguy: /* Attention Whores */ 2025-07-07T11:08:30Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Attention Whores</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:08, 7 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l14">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Attention Whores ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Attention Whores ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikt:attention_whore|Attention whoring]] is the practice of intentionally soliciting attention through [[outrage]], [[sexuality]], or other dishonest tactics. It should be [[taboo]], and most people are turned off by it. However, that comes in the form of [[outrage]], which keeps your attention focused on the transgressor rather than simply turning it off. Once the attention whore has monetized this [[outrage]], they start getting attention and social [[status]] from simply being [[rich]]. IRL attention whores must develop some marketable skill to keep people's attention, but online ones can let the [[algorithm]] turn transgression into [[outrage]] into revenue streams.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikt:attention_whore|Attention whoring]] is the practice of intentionally soliciting attention through [[outrage]], [[sexuality]], or other dishonest tactics. It should be [[taboo]], and most people are turned off by it. However, that comes in the form of [[outrage]], which keeps your attention focused on the transgressor rather than simply turning it off. Once the attention whore has monetized this [[outrage]], they start getting attention and social [[status]] from simply being [[rich]]. IRL attention whores must develop some marketable skill to keep people's attention, but online ones can let the [[algorithm]] turn <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Trolling|</ins>transgression<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>into [[outrage]] into revenue streams.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Attention Music ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Attention Music ==</div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8782&oldid=prev Fractalguy at 11:07, 7 July 2025 2025-07-07T11:07:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:07, 7 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l10">Line 10:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [https://www.schoolofattention.org/ Strother School for Radical Attention] is an [[Organizations|organization]] that promotes attention training [[education]] and activism.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [https://www.schoolofattention.org/ Strother School for Radical Attention] is an [[Organizations|organization]] that promotes attention training [[education]] and activism.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{#ev:youtube|https://youtu.be/LHFD0WOhmoQ?t=108||center|How to regain our attention span and resist 'attention fracking'|frame}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Attention Whores ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Attention Whores ==</div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8781&oldid=prev Fractalguy: /* Attention Music */ 2025-07-07T11:05:26Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Attention Music</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:05, 7 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l20">Line 20:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 20:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><br></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><br></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVjBfGfG6Es||center|Kesha, Slayyyter, Rose Gray - ATTENTION!|frame}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVjBfGfG6Es||center|Kesha, Slayyyter, Rose Gray - ATTENTION!|frame}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><br></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Fes-ZsknA||center|The Weeknd - Attention|frame}}</ins></div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8758&oldid=prev Fractalguy at 21:59, 5 July 2025 2025-07-05T21:59:10Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:59, 5 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on one thing at a [[time]]. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote>Increasingly, attention is being commanded by the forces of [[capitalism]] which seeks to monetize it. The [[information]] and [[social media]] [[economy]] runs on attention. [[Time]] spent on the [[platform]] means [[money]], especially when it depends on [[advertising]]. [[Gamification|Gamified]] [[algorithms]] use [[artificial intelligence]] to figure out exactly what will keep your attention the longest, and eventually lead to [[addiction]]. The [[addicted]] customer is a goldmine, generating exponentially more revenue compared to casual users. <blockquote>''"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."'' -[[wikipedia:Henry_Miller|Henry Miller]]</blockquote>Attention is a skill. Being able to focus your thoughts on a single thing for long periods is essential for completing [[complex]] tasks.The more you do long attention span things like [[Reading List|reading]] [[books]], the better your attention will be. The more you do short attention span things like [[social media]] and multitasking, the harder it is to sustain your focus. Attention is a muscle that must be regularly exercised.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on one thing at a [[time]]. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== The Attention Economy ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Increasingly, attention is being commanded by the forces of [[capitalism]] which seeks to monetize it. The [[information]] and [[social media]] [[economy]] runs on attention. [[Time]] spent on the [[platform]] means [[money]], especially when it depends on [[advertising]]. [[Gamification|Gamified]] [[algorithms]] use [[artificial intelligence]] to figure out exactly what will keep your attention the longest, and eventually lead to [[addiction]]. The [[addicted]] customer is a goldmine, generating exponentially more revenue compared to casual users. <blockquote>''"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."'' -[[wikipedia:Henry_Miller|Henry Miller]]</blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Several good books addressing the attention [[economy]] and the way modern [[media]] has fractured our focus have been published recently. [[wikipedia:Chris_Hayes|Chris Hayes]] book [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217869789-the-sirens-call The Siren's Call] does a great job of itemizing all the ways our attention is hijacked by modern [[technology]]. [[wikipedia:Jenny_Odell|Jenny Odell's]] [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy] gives more practical advice for ways to break free from the hamster wheel of attention [[capitalism]] and [[hustle culture]].{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWN8VmCTXAU||center|Why We Can’t Focus - with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes|frame}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Attention is a Skill ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Attention is a skill. Being able to focus your thoughts on a single thing for long periods is essential for completing [[complex]] tasks.The more you do long <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[wikipedia:Attention_span|</ins>attention span<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>things like [[Reading List|reading]] [[books]], the better your attention will be. The more you do short <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[wikipedia:Attention_span|</ins>attention span<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>things like [[social media]] and multitasking, the harder it is to sustain your focus. Attention is a muscle that must be regularly exercised.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [https://www.schoolofattention.org/ Strother School for Radical Attention] is an [[Organizations|organization]] that promotes attention training [[education]] and activism.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [https://www.schoolofattention.org/ Strother School for Radical Attention] is an [[Organizations|organization]] that promotes attention training [[education]] and activism.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Several good books addressing </del>the attention [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">economy</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and the way modern </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">media</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has fractured our focus have been published recently</del>. [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wikipedia:Chris_Hayes|Chris Hayes</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">book [https://www.goodreads</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com/book/show/217869789-</del>the<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-sirens-call The Siren's Call</del>] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">does a great job of itemizing all </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ways our </del>attention <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is hijacked by modern </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">technology</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wikipedia:Jenny_Odell|Jenny Odell's</del>]] [<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-</del>to<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-do-nothing How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy] gives more practical advice for ways to break free from </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hamster wheel of attention </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capitalism</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hustle culture</del>]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Attention Whores ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[wikt:attention_whore|Attention whoring]] is </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">practice of intentionally soliciting </ins>attention <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">through </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outrage</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sexuality</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, or other dishonest tactics</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It should be </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">taboo</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, and most people are turned off by it</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">However, that comes in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">form of [[outrage]</ins>]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, which keeps your attention focused on the transgressor rather than simply turning it off. Once </ins>the attention <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whore has monetized this </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outrage</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, they start getting attention and social </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">status</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from simply being </ins>[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[rich]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">IRL attention whores must develop some marketable skill </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">keep people's attention, but online ones can let </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">algorithm</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">turn transgression into </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outrage</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into revenue streams</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWN8VmCTXAU||center|Why We Can’t Focus - with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes|frame}}</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Attention Music ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Attention Music ==</div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8757&oldid=prev Fractalguy at 21:46, 5 July 2025 2025-07-05T21:46:57Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:46, 5 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on one thing at a [[time]]. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote>Increasingly, attention is being commanded by the forces of [[capitalism]] which seeks to monetize it. The [[information]] and [[social media]] [[economy]] runs on attention. [[Time]] spent on the [[platform]] means [[money]], especially when it depends on [[advertising]]. [[Gamification|Gamified]] [[algorithms]] use [[artificial intelligence]] to figure out exactly what will keep your attention the longest, and eventually lead to [[addiction]]. The [[addicted]] customer is a goldmine, generating exponentially more revenue compared to casual users. <blockquote>''"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."'' -[[wikipedia:Henry_Miller|Henry Miller]]</blockquote>Attention is a skill. Being able to focus your thoughts on a single thing for long periods is essential for completing [[complex]] tasks.The more you do long attention span things like [[Reading List|reading]] [[books]], the better your attention will be. The more you do short attention span things like [[social media]] and multitasking, the harder it is to sustain your focus. Attention is a muscle that must be regularly exercised.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on one thing at a [[time]]. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote>Increasingly, attention is being commanded by the forces of [[capitalism]] which seeks to monetize it. The [[information]] and [[social media]] [[economy]] runs on attention. [[Time]] spent on the [[platform]] means [[money]], especially when it depends on [[advertising]]. [[Gamification|Gamified]] [[algorithms]] use [[artificial intelligence]] to figure out exactly what will keep your attention the longest, and eventually lead to [[addiction]]. The [[addicted]] customer is a goldmine, generating exponentially more revenue compared to casual users. <blockquote>''"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."'' -[[wikipedia:Henry_Miller|Henry Miller]]</blockquote>Attention is a skill. Being able to focus your thoughts on a single thing for long periods is essential for completing [[complex]] tasks.The more you do long attention span things like [[Reading List|reading]] [[books]], the better your attention will be. The more you do short attention span things like [[social media]] and multitasking, the harder it is to sustain your focus. Attention is a muscle that must be regularly exercised.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The [https://www.schoolofattention.org/ Strother School for Radical Attention] is an [[Organizations|organization]] that promotes attention training [[education]] and activism.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several good books addressing the attention [[economy]] and the way modern [[media]] has fractured our focus have been published recently. [[wikipedia:Chris_Hayes|Chris Hayes]] book [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217869789-the-sirens-call The Siren's Call] does a great job of itemizing all the ways our attention is hijacked by modern [[technology]]. [[wikipedia:Jenny_Odell|Jenny Odell's]] [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy] gives more practical advice for ways to break free from the hamster wheel of attention [[capitalism]] and [[hustle culture]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several good books addressing the attention [[economy]] and the way modern [[media]] has fractured our focus have been published recently. [[wikipedia:Chris_Hayes|Chris Hayes]] book [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217869789-the-sirens-call The Siren's Call] does a great job of itemizing all the ways our attention is hijacked by modern [[technology]]. [[wikipedia:Jenny_Odell|Jenny Odell's]] [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy] gives more practical advice for ways to break free from the hamster wheel of attention [[capitalism]] and [[hustle culture]].</div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8753&oldid=prev Fractalguy at 21:35, 5 July 2025 2025-07-05T21:35:58Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:35, 5 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a single </del>thing at a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">once</del>. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote>Increasingly, attention is being commanded by the forces of [[capitalism]] which seeks to monetize it. The [[information]] and [[social media]] [[economy]] runs on attention. [[Time]] spent on the [[platform]] means [[money]], especially when it depends on [[advertising]]. [[Gamification|Gamified]] [[algorithms]] use [[artificial intelligence]] to figure out exactly what will keep your attention the longest, and eventually lead to [[addiction]]. The [[addicted]] customer is a goldmine, generating exponentially more revenue compared to casual users. <blockquote>''"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."'' -[[wikipedia:Henry_Miller|Henry Miller]]</blockquote>Attention is a skill. Being able to focus your thoughts on a single thing for long periods is essential for completing [[complex]] tasks.The more you do long attention span things like [[Reading List|reading]] [[books]], the better your attention will be. The more you do short attention span things like [[social media]] and multitasking, the harder it is to sustain your focus. Attention is a muscle that must be regularly exercised.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">one </ins>thing at a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[time]]</ins>. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote>Increasingly, attention is being commanded by the forces of [[capitalism]] which seeks to monetize it. The [[information]] and [[social media]] [[economy]] runs on attention. [[Time]] spent on the [[platform]] means [[money]], especially when it depends on [[advertising]]. [[Gamification|Gamified]] [[algorithms]] use [[artificial intelligence]] to figure out exactly what will keep your attention the longest, and eventually lead to [[addiction]]. The [[addicted]] customer is a goldmine, generating exponentially more revenue compared to casual users. <blockquote>''"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."'' -[[wikipedia:Henry_Miller|Henry Miller]]</blockquote>Attention is a skill. Being able to focus your thoughts on a single thing for long periods is essential for completing [[complex]] tasks.The more you do long attention span things like [[Reading List|reading]] [[books]], the better your attention will be. The more you do short attention span things like [[social media]] and multitasking, the harder it is to sustain your focus. Attention is a muscle that must be regularly exercised.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several good books addressing the attention [[economy]] and the way modern [[media]] has fractured our focus have been published recently. [[wikipedia:Chris_Hayes|Chris Hayes]] book [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217869789-the-sirens-call The Siren's Call] does a great job of itemizing all the ways our attention is hijacked by modern [[technology]]. [[wikipedia:Jenny_Odell|Jenny Odell's]] [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy] gives more practical advice for ways to break free from the hamster wheel of attention [[capitalism]] and [[hustle culture]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Several good books addressing the attention [[economy]] and the way modern [[media]] has fractured our focus have been published recently. [[wikipedia:Chris_Hayes|Chris Hayes]] book [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217869789-the-sirens-call The Siren's Call] does a great job of itemizing all the ways our attention is hijacked by modern [[technology]]. [[wikipedia:Jenny_Odell|Jenny Odell's]] [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy] gives more practical advice for ways to break free from the hamster wheel of attention [[capitalism]] and [[hustle culture]].</div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8749&oldid=prev Fractalguy at 21:27, 5 July 2025 2025-07-05T21:27:28Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:27, 5 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWN8VmCTXAU||center|Why We Can’t Focus - with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes|frame}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWN8VmCTXAU||center|Why We Can’t Focus - with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes|frame}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Attention Music ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">What would people who aspire to be pop stars know about attention? A lot.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agXQQDasq0U||center|Doja Cat - Attention|frame}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><br></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVjBfGfG6Es||center|Kesha, Slayyyter, Rose Gray - ATTENTION!|frame}}</ins></div></td></tr>  </table>

Fractalguy https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Attention&diff=8748&oldid=prev Fractalguy at 21:23, 5 July 2025 2025-07-05T21:23:33Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:23, 5 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on a single thing at a once. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. Increasingly, attention is being commanded by the forces of [[capitalism]] which seeks to monetize it.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Attention-paying-demanding-fragmenting-focusing.png|thumb|Visualizing the modern [[media]] experience]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[wikipedia:Attention|Attention]] determines what your [[consciousness]] experiences, since you can only focus on a single thing at a once. Your [[subjective]] experience follows your attention from one thing to the next. That attention is commanded by your biological drives, which determine the [[salience]] of different objects in the [[environment]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><blockquote>''"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."'' -[[wikipedia:Mary_Oliver|Mary Oliver]]</blockquote></ins>Increasingly, attention is being commanded by the forces of [[capitalism]] which seeks to monetize it<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The [[information]] and [[social media]] [[economy]] runs on attention. [[Time]] spent on the [[platform]] means [[money]], especially when it depends on [[advertising]]. [[Gamification|Gamified]] [[algorithms]] use [[artificial intelligence]] to figure out exactly what will keep your attention the longest, and eventually lead to [[addiction]]. The [[addicted]] customer is a goldmine, generating exponentially more revenue compared to casual users. <blockquote>''"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."'' -[[wikipedia:Henry_Miller|Henry Miller]]</blockquote>Attention is a skill. Being able to focus your thoughts on a single thing for long periods is essential for completing [[complex]] tasks.The more you do long attention span things like [[Reading List|reading]] [[books]], the better your attention will be. The more you do short attention span things like [[social media]] and multitasking, the harder it is to sustain your focus. Attention is a muscle that must be regularly exercised</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">information</del>]] and [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">social </del>media]] [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">economy</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">runs on </del>attention. [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gamification</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gamified</del>]] [<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[algorithms</del>]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] use </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">artificial intelligence</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to figure out exactly what will keep your attention the longest, </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">eventually lead to </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">addiction</del>]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Several good books addressing the attention </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">economy</ins>]] and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the way modern </ins>[[media]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has fractured our focus have been published recently. </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wikipedia:Chris_Hayes|Chris Hayes</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">book [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217869789-the-sirens-call The Siren's Call] does a great job of itemizing all the ways our </ins>attention <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is hijacked by modern [[technology]]</ins>. [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wikipedia:Jenny_Odell</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jenny Odell's</ins>]] [<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy</ins>] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gives more practical advice for ways to break free from the hamster wheel of attention </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capitalism</ins>]] and [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hustle culture</ins>]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWN8VmCTXAU||center|Why We Can’t Focus - with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes|frame}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWN8VmCTXAU||center|Why We Can’t Focus - with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes|frame}}</div></td></tr>  </table>

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