attention economy

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The Death of Free Will

Aperture | August 19, 2026

There is a quiet assumption most of us carry without ever examining it: that we are in control of our own attention. That every video, every scroll, every click is something we chose. But what if the machine got there first? What if free will, the thing you’re using right […]

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Selling & Being Sold – Consumerism & The Internet

Pursuit of Wonder | September 19, 2025

With the Internet, we are now living in a direct to consumer and attention based economy. Buying powers have never held such power and the ability to sell has never been so accessible. The effects of this economic shift are fairly massive, and only time will tell where it will […]