Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022)

Re:Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022) by Terr_ on Saturday August 26, 2023 @06:17PM (#37277403)

> Was our attention really stolen? Is this a literal claim, or just hyperbole?

It's obviously figurative... unless you believe Professor MindMiner has built a machine to *schlorp* liquidified Attention out of unsuspecting victims into his own swollen and increasingly-monomaniacal cranium.

However it's much shorter than "impaired or damaged without our informed consent by outside forces because it profits them to do so."

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Re:Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022) by Gunax on Saturday August 26, 2023 @10:00PM (#37278781)

Well, that's funny. But I take it to mean that it was intentionally made addictive, rather than just being enjoyable.

By analogy, some people say that food is being made addictive. But I think there is a dubious difference between an addictive hamburger and just a tasty hamburger.

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