How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the Rest of Us
The last few episodes of the show have been about attention — in terms of Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump, in terms of the “big, beautiful bill.” But I also wanted to do an episode that was about attention in terms of itself: If we’re going to say attention is currency, if we’re going to say it’s power — well, what kind of currency is it? What kind of power is it? Where is it strongest? And where is it weakest? I am a pretty loyal reader of Kyla’s Newsletter, by Kyla Scanlon, on Substack. It often feels to me like it is being sent back in time from some future economy. ….[READ]
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