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littlemissmartypants

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3. Many people don't have very long attention spans in our new world...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 12:25 AM

Jun 14

Chris Hayes wrote a book about it.

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Attention is a kind of resource: it has
value and if you can seize it you seize
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What's it about?
A critical examination of how attention
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exploring how tech companies harvest
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I haven't read it yet but it's on my list.

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Many people don't have very long attention spans in our new world... littlemissmartypants Jun 14 #3

I mentioned in a different post BumRushDaShow Jun 14 #4

Folks have ... littlemissmartypants Jun 14 #5