The Attention Economy

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the attention economy and how our attention has quietly become something that can be tracked, measured, and monetized. Mostly because I’ve noticed how hard it’s become to switch off. If I’m not actively doing something, I’m on my phone. Scrolling, searching, reacting. And honestly, I miss boredom.

This episode is a reflection on how we got here, from a time when attention was local and limited to a world where algorithms compete for it around the clock, and what that constant stimulation might be doing to our ner...