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Attention is all you have
A reflection on software competing for human attention became a broad HN conversation about feeds, addiction, bookmarks, analog life and the attention economy.
The essay argues that modern software increasingly optimizes around capturing and retaining human attention, often at the expense of the person using it.
Why HN cared
Commenters connected the argument to everything from algorithmic feeds and gaming notifications to bookmarks, physical books and deliberate media consumption.
A recurring idea was that users routinely undervalue their own time while companies have become extremely sophisticated at monetizing it.
HN snapshot: about 1.06k points and ~325 comments.
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