Attention activism reframes a catastrophic present into flourishing by contesting attention capture

Evidence

Attention Activism is a fight for justice. This emancipatory uprising takes our apocalyptic present, turns it on its head, and creates, from the chaos and confusion, new vistas of human flourishing. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 34

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A successful attention movement needs dramatization, denunciation, and mass — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 239; Attention activism requires dedicated spaces for collective experimentation and care; Attention activism requires collectively building attention’s public meaning — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 236 (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A successful attention movement needs dramatization, denunciation, and mass — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 239; Attention activism requires dedicated spaces for collective experimentation and care; Attention activism requires collectively building attention’s public meaning — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 236 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Intense attention can become immobilizing and bring one out of step with everyday life #complicates (0.77)
• Attention extraction thrives on gratifications we must relearn to want against #complicates (0.76) — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 346