Attention is the fundamental medium of all human connection

Evidence

The answer, we believe, is surprisingly simple: The actual stuff of all connection—the true way we are present to being, beings, and everything else—is neither a network nor a device. It isn’t outrage, or, for that matter, hope. It isn’t blood, sweat, or tears, either. It is attention. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 53

Categorization

• DEFINE: Positions attention as the fundamental connective medium—the load-bearing premise the manifesto’s whole case rests on.
• XREF: Connects to discussions of attention as the scarce resource of the information economy (e.g. Tim Wu, James Williams).