Comments on: Paying Attention: Information As Currency http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/28/paying-attention-information-as-currency/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:29:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/28/paying-attention-information-as-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-86589 Tim Boucher Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:29:21 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/28/paying-attention-information-as-currency/#comment-86589 Thanks! You rule too! Thanks! You rule too!

]]> By: Svenson http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/28/paying-attention-information-as-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-86588 Svenson Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:18:13 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/28/paying-attention-information-as-currency/#comment-86588 God you rule Tim. I thought you might like to know that. (It was that ending line with that picture. Pure poetry.) God you rule Tim. I thought you might like to know that.

(It was that ending line with that picture. Pure poetry.)

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/28/paying-attention-information-as-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-86522 Tim Boucher Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:11:52 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/28/paying-attention-information-as-currency/#comment-86522 http://www.edbatista.com/2005/07/attentiontrust.html <blockquote>Our attention data is ours, each of us individually. In the wake of the behavior of credit card companies, credit unions and data brokers, it is vital that we recognize our right, and our responsibility, to govern ourselves relative to the use of our private information... Our attention establishes intention; and our intention establishes economic value. Once one recognizes the value of one's attention, it is shocking to see how cheaply most people offer theirs to companies looking for their business.</blockquote> http://www.edbatista.com/2005/07/attentiontrust.html

Our attention data is ours, each of us individually. In the wake of the behavior of credit card companies, credit unions and data brokers, it is vital that we recognize our right, and our responsibility, to govern ourselves relative to the use of our private information… Our attention establishes intention; and our intention establishes economic value. Once one recognizes the value of one’s attention, it is shocking to see how cheaply most people offer theirs to companies looking for their business.

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