Attention Economy

one aspect of the New Economy: one thing which "they're not making any more of" (Scarcity) seems to be Attention

• (hmm, could stimulants create a larger pool of attention? (War On Drugs))

• (or maybe the BlipVert approach will change things)

related to the Experience Economy?

what's your cognitive process of Attention Management?

Michael Goldhaber

• http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue2_4/goldhaber/

• in Release1.0 in 1992

• Wired 1997 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.12/es_attention.html

Thomas Davenport book http://www.attentionbook.com/

starting some thoughts...

• Attention Economy is a "star system" - either you get rich or you stay poor (commoditized, OutSourcing/Off Shoring). No Middle Class?

• If you can't figure out how to make your outputs "thrilling" to your "clients", you are at risk (Tom Peters)

• as your career becomes Performance Art, are you performing all the time? are you never "off"? are you Always On? Do you ever have any real Slack/LeeWay? Even if your "work" is fun, how much Human Voice can you find time for? How much fun sloppiness?