I am also not a fan of government-funded media. But this sounds a lot like a rediscription of the dystopia we're already rushing towards. The advertising mode

I am also not a fan of government-funded media. But this sounds a lot like a rediscription of the dystopia we're already rushing towards. The advertising model that floated newspaper journalism was circulation. Whether you read 1 story, 10 stories, or the whole paper. I don't think the genie can be put back, but online ads and going viral on the platforms are already both games measured in eyeball-seconds. Rewriting society around eyeball-seconds is probably not a good idea.