Waiting for proof of attention-extraction harms risks acting too late
Evidence
Psychological distress and political discord are on the rise. By the time that researchers can prove a connection to human fracking, it will be too late. We can trust our senses, trust our judgment—and act now. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 103
Categorization
- DEFINE: Uses ‘human fracking’ as the coined term without defining it here; ‘act now’ is the manifesto’s call.
- QUESTION: This is the manifesto’s activist epistemology — acting on sensed distress before causal proof exists. Is that honestly stated as a bet, and does the book defend its epistemic risk?
- XREF: connects to: Prior checking before activity enables preventive rather than retrospective justice — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 753; Precautionary action against attention extraction is warranted before causal proof arrives; Everyday observation can substitute for pending scientific proof of attention harm — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 112 (+1 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Prior checking before activity enables preventive rather than retrospective justice — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 753; Precautionary action against attention extraction is warranted before causal proof arrives; Everyday observation can substitute for pending scientific proof of attention harm — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 112 (+1 more)