The economic paradigm distorts our understanding of how attention actually functions

Evidence

Attention economy, economics of attention, economy of attention: all these expressions, which help us to grasp the dynamic of a profound formal reconfiguration of our lives, import an economic paradigm into the heart of our future imaginings. Is the (collective, joint and individuating) functioning of our attention really beholden to an ‘economy’? We should doubt this as a matter of urgency. — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 75

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: what non-economic metaphors (ecology, terrain, atmosphere) would do the descriptive work the economic frame now does?
• XREF: connects to: Attention operates as an ecosystem of echoes and variations rather than transmissions — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 531; Economic metaphors about attention conceal more than they reveal by hiding key differences — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 78; Attention-economy analysis must be reframed within a broader attention ecosophy — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 87 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• The attention economy rests on a hidden false premise about attention. #expands (0.88) — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 164
• Attention-economy analysis must be reframed within a broader attention ecosophy #expands (0.82) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 87