Attention extraction is fundamentally a denial of human dignity.

Evidence

Attention Activism stakes a claim for human dignity. We humans are more than that which can be quantified and optimized. We deserve a world that is true to our fullness. It is our just inheritance. We therefore demand a world that accommodates the range of human attentions—a world, in other words, that reflects the truth of who we are and what we are capable of creating. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 175

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames Attention Activism as a dignity claim against quantification, grounding the justice framing.
• XREF: connects to: The attention extraction industry is an enemy of all humankind — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 85; Attention extraction unjustly commodifies the self and requires collective rather than individual remedy; Attention extraction reduces people to quantifiable commodities and demands collective remedy. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 32 (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The attention extraction industry is an enemy of all humankind — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 85; Attention extraction unjustly commodifies the self and requires collective rather than individual remedy; Attention extraction reduces people to quantifiable commodities and demands collective remedy. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 32 (+7 more)