#Attention Economy

Addictive Apps Won’t Protect Your Attention

Cal Newport’s line begins with a blunt premise: if an app is engineered to be addictive, it cannot simultaneously be trusted to honor your time and attention. The problem isn’t primarily moral failure on the user’s part,...

Reclaiming Attention From the Distraction Economy

The quote opens with a sharp reframing: attention isn’t just a mental habit, it’s a form of currency. Like money, it is finite, easily misspent, and deeply tied to what your life becomes—because what you repeatedly notic...