Tag: attention war

• Boxing was the original attention economy – Paul v Joshua is old logic in a louder digital age

  December 19, 2025

  Millions will tune in to watch the brash YouTuber get his comeuppance – the fight will likely go on as long as Joshua decides to let it https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/18/boxing-was-the-original-attention-economy-paul-v-joshua-is-old-logic-in-a-louder-digital-age?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• The new marketing war isn’t for clicks – it’s for memory

  July 12, 2025

  Everything is now opaque. Here’s why marketers must shift from chasing visibility to shaping the signals models remember and infer from. https://searchengineland.com/new-marketing-war-memory-458326 more ›

• The Battle for Attention

  May 19, 2024

  On a subway train not long ago, I had the familiar, unsettling experience of standing behind a fellow-passenger and watching everything that she was doing on her phone. It was… more ›

• A Pickpocket’s Tale

  November 30, 2018

  A Pickpocket’s Tale A few years ago, at a Las Vegas convention for magicians, Penn Jillette, of the act Penn and Teller, was introduced to a soft-spoken young man named… more ›

• The Coming Battle for Long Attention Patterns

  August 20, 2017

  The Coming Battle for Long Attention Patterns » How do you decide how to spend your attention? Growing up in the ‘golden era’ of TV and print media in the… more ›

• Attention on Digital Monopolies

  July 26, 2017

  Attention on Digital Monopolies continuations: The dominant position of companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon is sure receiving a lot more attention these days. There is critical media coverage, including… more ›

• [Sriram Krishnan] Thoughts on BAT and ads

  June 25, 2017

  [Sriram Krishnan] Thoughts on BAT and ads » The Basic Attention Token (BAT) caused quite the sensation a few weeks ago by raising $35m in under 30 seconds. Depending on… more ›

• Crypto token roundup

  June 6, 2017

  Crypto token roundup » Balaji S. more ›

• The Crisis of Attention Theft—Ads That Steal Your…

  April 15, 2017

  The Crisis of Attention Theft—Ads That Steal Your Time for Nothing in Return » By now, it is pretty well understood that we regularly pay for things in ways other… more ›

• One of the early evangelical texts of the web, The…

  March 8, 2017

  “One of the early evangelical texts of the web, The Cluetrain Manifesto, argued for a more human, customer-centric approach to business by proclaiming that “markets are conversations”. Lurking unstated beneath… more ›