THE COST OF NOW: Your Urgency, My Time
We all want control over our own time, yet constantly make demands on everybody else's. Adam Fox explores the uncomfortable contradiction of temporal autonomy.
THE COST OF NOW: Everything Was Due Yesterday
Why does everything feel urgent now? Adam Fox explores how speed became expectation and why saving time may actually be making us feel more rushed.
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.