What ever form of Media you take, the purpose is Attention Allocation. You have finite Attention. If you spend 10 minutes paying attention to this story, that

What ever form of Media you take, the purpose is Attention Allocation. You have finite Attention. If you spend 10 minutes paying attention to this story, that time is gone for good and unavailable to be used on anything else. In that sense HN has decided how your attention is allocated and shapes who you are. Since Attention is finite like Oil, Land or Gold there is a big ongoing war to capture or steal as much of it as possible. And all media that captures your attention shapes you. Just like once the British capture the middle east. Their actions shape the future of the middle east.