the timboucher experience

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Attention is the substance of focus. It registers your interests by indicating choice for certain things and choice against other things. As Steve reminds, the establishment of value in the attention economy is a dual register of what one pays attention to and what one chooses to ignore (or unsubscribe, turn off or tune out).

The reason attention is becoming more important now is that the Internet has enabled the recording and sharing of these choices in real-time. The massively parallel synthesis of meta data streams has concentrated enormous influence in people and their sites. Some consumers are proactive in gaining full control over their influence, but the majority are passive users of free services and offers (that actively capture and sell their intentions).

{See also: Attention Trust}

• Attention Trust Principles
• Paying Attention: Information As Currency
• Folklorist definition
• The Definition of Insanity
• Privacy Does Not Mean Anonymity (Anymore)!