Taking down the frackers requires recognizing attention practices already present everywhere

Evidence

But this latter group—folks going about their business, quietly cultivating attention in joyful and life-affirming ways—are walking testament to the fact that, to take down the frackers, we already have everything that we need. At the critical moment, our most immediate and useful tool is always the one closest at hand. For this reason, it is essential to take some time to recognize the ways that every one of us is already pushing back against the financialization of our humanity, and, in doing so, to band together with all the others who, in a million different ways, are up to the same thing. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 393

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Attention frackers profit by covertly dominating attention formation. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 200; Diverse attentional practices form a common arsenal against attention extraction — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 436; Attention can be deliberately wielded, not just reclaimed (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Attention frackers profit by covertly dominating attention formation. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 200; Diverse attentional practices form a common arsenal against attention extraction — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 436; Attention can be deliberately wielded, not just reclaimed (+2 more)