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Conflict of Disinterest | 2413 - thejaymo

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A friend the other day was telling me about their ongoing struggle with distraction. We all suffer with this and I lent a sympathetic ear. Of course throughout our conversation I played all the hits. The need to develop good taste online, going deep, the doing, and of course the most important fact. Your Attention is Sovereign. My friend expressed a deep deep frustration with how technology captures, quantifies and commodizes their attention. Everything about ‘right now’ is defined by a decline in our attention spans and ability to focus. The main thing that struck me throughout our conversation was the framing. The challenge of online distraction as ‘A Battle for Attention‘. A couple of years ago, I think I would have agreed. Sure, advertising and any media trying to promote itself operates under the assumption that it’s competing for our attention. And what’s going on out there in the semiotic sphere, the competing signs and symbols and media sure feels like a battle. But what about

Conflict of Disinterest | 2413 - thejaymo.net thejaymo.net Conflict of Disinterest | 2413 June 29, 2024 | Attention 🎯 | Permanently Moved 🔊 | Taste 🧐 We should abandon the external ‘Battle for Attention’ and instead engage in an internal ‘Conflict of Disinterest’ Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/06/29/2413-conflict-of-disinterest/ Support the show! Subscribe to my zine Watch on Youtube Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in length, written and recorded by @thejaymo Show Supporter 📻 £5 MONTHLY 👏 Quarterly zine ; my gift to you ✉️ Subscribe

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