Such a lovely, simple concept:
Technology is no longer scarce, our attention is. Technology is breaking our attention. Tech should consume as little of our attention as possible, and only when necessary; that’s the core of calm technology.
The two basics of digital #journalism that too many people forget: Attention and Atomisation
Do you what I like about smart speakers? They just sit quietly, waiting to be called upon, while mobile phones behave like noisy, annoying insecure devices, constantly demanding your attention. Grow the heck up, phone.
I have to confess, I paid basically zero attention to the royal wedding in the build up to it. But seeing the royals give a hearty two fingers to the racists we’ve seen rise post-Brexit?
As long as Twitter rewards hoaxing with attention, it’s going to get ever less useful for breaking news.
Apple’s acquisition of Texture (a digital magazine subscription app) means we should probably be paying Apple News more attention than we are. But we should go in with our eyes open as to the downsides.
It's not our attention that's being monetised, it's our data
The Centre for Human Technology doesn’t want your attention:
What the Center identifies as the ‘monetization of attention’ is, actually, the extraction of personal data. (Curiously, they do not use the phrase ‘big data’, or ‘your personal data’ anywhere in their website text.) This attention (or, personal data) is extracted from our digital and analog behavior and then is used to profile and target us to sell us lies, misinformation, or worsen our depression by showing us advertising for make-up.
It only took three attempts to get the headline typo free on this.
Bring back the subs.
I am old enough to have learnt to not to blog every opinion that crosses my brainmeats.
I am clearly not old enough yet to be silent without drawing attention to the fact I’m being silent.
I am old enough to have learnt to not to blog every opinion that crosses my brainmeats.
I am clearly not old enough yet to be silent without drawing attention to the fact I’m being silent.
Not 100% sure I have their attention…
Centre of attention at @likemind
