Paradox and Tension in the Attention Economy

This article, or maybe two-part article depending on Substack’s word count limit is quite rambly, maybe slightly disorganized… but I’m hesistating to tidy it up too much so I’ll understand if you don’t stick with it or skip it altogether. Tune in next time for something more conventional (maybe.) It began as thoughts developing from conversations at Luke Burgis’s wonderful Notivate conference celebrating the life and work of Rene Girard in Washington DC over the weekend, and I’ve been thinking about it and writing and typing between speakers, travel, and upon returning home, and it ended after walking my dog through a freshly ploughed field this morning. It starts one places and takes a few unexpected side routes but I think it arrives kind of back in the main thrust of the subject by the end. It rambles and goes on, but I don’t have an editor to reign me in, and I think I’ll judge the wisdom of publishing it in this form by whether I lose or gain subscribers. I hope you enjoy it, or f

This article, or maybe two-part article depending on Substack’s word count limit is quite rambly, maybe slightly disorganized… but I’m hesistating to tidy it up too much so I’ll understand if you don’t stick with it or skip it altogether. Tune in next time for something more conventional (maybe.) It began as thoughts developing from conversations at Luke Burgis’s wonderful Notivate conference celebrating the life and work of Rene Girard in Washington DC over the weekend, and I’ve been thinking about it and writing and typing between speakers, travel, and upon returning home, and it ended after