attention economy ⁽²⁾

Once upon a time, asking strangers for money was considered an act of desperation. Today, it has been repackaged, polished, and sold as content creation, community support, or “fan engagement.” The tools are sleek, the slogans are empowering, but the…

There was a time when waiting wasn’t a flaw, it was part of the process. You waited for your favorite band to drop an album. You waited for a game’s official release, knowing it had passed through months of…