> I feel that media (from newspapers onwards) are doing a great harm by consuming more and more of the attention that people could have spent on each other Is

> I feel that media (from newspapers onwards) are doing a great harm by consuming more and more of the attention that people could have spent on each other Is that media's fault? > Unfortunately it's not an individual problem ("stop complaining and make yourself worthy of attention"), but a collective one, similar to those game theory examples where selfish decision-making leads to the worst outcome for all. Creating more startups and more media is only going to make it worse Are you certain that everyone feels a burning desire to be known at such scales? > I've toyed with some ideas of improving things on a small scale, like opening a bar where people can't use their phones. I wish I knew a more general solution, though. That sounds fun! No need to save the world. Make a small one for yourself and revel in it. If you gave free drinks in exchange for being able to put people on TV, like big brother bar, where people have to figure out how to communicate without phones, I'd watch that haha