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You can't gain control over anything if you don't own it in the first place. All systems designed by the tech industry/attention economy don't assume the custo
by gsatic 4y ago
You can't gain control over anything if you don't own it in the first place.
All systems designed by the tech industry/attention economy don't assume the customer is the owner of their attention.
These systems buy and sell attention as if the content publisher is the owner of ppls attention and the advertiser is the buys it from the publisher. So there is no question of controlling your attention when these ppl buy and sell your attention without you having any say in the transaction. Its a fantastic form of property theft.
- skmurphy 4y agoI think self-awareness, self-control through better habits and peer support, and some changes to tool configurations can make significant differences. I think you have control over what you pay attention to--certainly what you interact with--and mindfulness can help. I don't think it's as grim as you are portraying it. But I agree I have not seen much improvement in the last five years when I blogged about it in https://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2018/06/02/superstimulus-refining-online-interactions-into-digital-heroin-2/ https://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2018/06/02/superstimulus-refin... Any improvement has to start with self-awareness and it's not clear that most people are aware of the negative impact of many of these technologies.