Scaled-down abstract plans structure managerial attention from above

Evidence

This war between ecologies brings two very different attention ecosystems face-to-face. The attention of the urbanist and the town council who awarded him the project is focused on plans, models, flow calculations, anticipated returns on investment. It is starting from these basic parameters, and within their constraints, that green spaces, places for socializing, or the placement of solar panels are conceived. The territory is analysed from above, it is arranged in the light of abstract concepts ensuring that it is articulated according to an economic reality determined by financial profitability – and this is done on the basis of a reduction in scale, necessary for the architect and urbanist, which translates a metre of the real world into a few millimetres of paper (or screen). — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 313

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to his own framework of attention regimes as rival ecologies, and to the 1:1 vs. scaled map contrast that echoes the book’s larger argument about mediate vs. immediate attention. — connects to: Attention must be managed at individual, managerial, and organizational levels to achieve goals — Thomas Davenport & John Beck, The Attention Economy: Understanding…, 15; Leaders’ attention signals where subordinates should direct theirs. — Thomas Davenport & John Beck, The Attention Economy: Understanding…, 20; Two rival attention regimes define managerial and radical ecology — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 309 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Attention must be managed at individual, managerial, and organizational levels to achieve goals #expands (0.80) — Thomas Davenport & John Beck, The Attention Economy, 15
• Leaders’ attention signals where subordinates should direct theirs. #expands (0.75) — Thomas Davenport & John Beck, The Attention Economy, 20
• Two rival attention regimes define managerial and radical ecology #expands (0.72) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 309