attention economy on Aban Hasanhttps://www.abanhasan.net/tags/attention-economy/Recent content in attention economy on Aban HasanHugo -- gohugo.ioenSun, 13 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000Feeding the Hydra: Musings on Cyberslaveryhttps://www.abanhasan.net/posts/cyber-slaves/Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.abanhasan.net/posts/cyber-slaves/Clarity. All we seek is clarity. Yet, it appears that everything around us – everything we see, everything we touch – is designed to be noisy, to disrupt every thought we have before it can fully form. Entire teams of researchers, scientists, psychologists devote their lives to finding and “pulling the right” switch in our minds, optimizing for engagement, for distraction. Our inherent capital – the finite time and vibrant youth we possess – is systematically siphoned off to feed the mainframe, the ever-hungry digital systems that thrive on our attention.