What Happens to a War When the World Stops Watching?

Why do we stop paying attention to ongoing wars? This episode unpacks the structural forces behind attention decay, from shrinking news cycles to the psychology of compassion fatigue. We explore how Russia has built the expectation of Western war fatigue directly into its military strategy, treating the news cycle as a theater of operations. We also look at the brutal asymmetry this creates: the aggressor wants the war to be boring, while the defender must constantly produce new narratives to stay relevant. How does a nation fighting for survival compete with Netflix for global attention? Episode #265567 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/265567