THE MENU YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE
We still choose what to click, but algorithms increasingly choose the menu. What does personalised content mean for attention, curiosity and human agency?
THE GREAT ATTENTION EXPERIMENT: 9 - WE ARE LIVING INSIDE THE LARGEST BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY
Billions use systems that observe behaviour, test interventions and adapt continuously. We are living inside history's largest behavioural experiment.
THE GREAT ATTENTION EXPERIMENT: 11 - THE EXPERIMENT CAN STILL CHANGE DIRECTION
The attention economy was built through human choices. It can change through better design, regulation, literacy, parenting, work and agency.
THE GREAT ATTENTION EXPERIMENT: 10 - THEY KNEW. THAT CHANGED THE QUESTION.
Technology companies did not know every effect of social media. They knew enough to recognise serious risks. The question is what they did next.
THE GREAT ATTENTION EXPERIMENT: 8 - THE ADULTS DIDN’T ESCAPE EITHER
Adults understand digital distraction, yet work makes it harder to resist. Discover how constant availability fragmented professional and family life.
THE GREAT ATTENTION EXPERIMENT: 7 - CHILDHOOD BECAME THE WORLD’S MOST VALUABLE MARKET
Children offer companies spending, family influence, data, engagement and decades of future value. Discover how childhood became a digital market.