Will Vincent @wsvincent@fosstodon.org
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"Is “People aren’t paying attention” just a dressed-up version of “People aren’t paying attention to me?

The suspicion that all this is élite anxiety in the face of a democratizing mediascape deepens when you consider what the attentionistas want people to focus on. ...When someone calls for audiences to be more patient, I instinctively think, Alternatively, you could be less boring."

An excellent piece by Daniel Immerwahr from last year.

newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01

What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?

From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isn’t our ability to focus—it’s what we’re focussing on.

www.newyorker.com · The New Yorker

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