👁️ Attention Economy

Examinations of how our focus has become the most contested commodity of the digital age—harvested by platforms, monetized by advertisers, and depleted by design. These books illuminate what's at stake when distraction becomes a business model.

[John Mark Comer] The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

by auspicious

Jesus never hurried. His daily practices can rescue your soul from the speed of modern life.

4.53

159

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Discipleship 🐢 Slow Living 🌅 Sabbath Practice 🏠 Simplicity

[John Mark Comer] The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Jesus never hurried. His daily practices can rescue your soul from the speed of modern life.

by auspicious

4.53

159 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Discipleship 🐢 Slow Living 🌅 Sabbath Practice 🏠 Simplicity

Our Biggest Fight

by Frank H. McCourt • 2024

Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.

4.15

🌐 Big Tech Critique 💰 Data Monopolies 🧠 Addictive Design ⚠️ Algorithmic Harms 📱 Social Media Harms

Our Biggest Fight

Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.

by Frank H. McCourt 2024

4.15

27 ratings

🌐 Big Tech Critique 💰 Data Monopolies 🧠 Addictive Design ⚠️ Algorithmic Harms 📱 Social Media Harms

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News

by Noah Giansiracusa • 2021

Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.

3.25

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📰 Online Misinformation 🎭 Deepfakes 🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Tech Accountability

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News

Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.

by Noah Giansiracusa 2021

3.25

20 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📰 Online Misinformation 🎭 Deepfakes 🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Tech Accountability

The Loop

by Jacob Ward • 2022

Algorithms have learned your blind spots. Now they decide while you feel in control.

3.76

508

⚖️ Tech Ethics 🏛️ Ai Governance 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎯 Behavioral Design 📊 Algorithmic Bias

The Loop

Algorithms have learned your blind spots. Now they decide while you feel in control.

by Jacob Ward 2022

3.76

508 ratings

⚖️ Tech Ethics 🏛️ Ai Governance 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎯 Behavioral Design 📊 Algorithmic Bias

The Quiet Before

by Gal Beckerman • 2022

Why the movements that changed the world began with letters and zines, not viral posts.

3.79

485

🏴 Social Movements 📰 Media History 📢 Political Communication 🧱 Movement Building 🌐 Media Ecology

The Quiet Before

Why the movements that changed the world began with letters and zines, not viral posts.

by Gal Beckerman 2022

3.79

485 ratings

🏴 Social Movements 📰 Media History 📢 Political Communication 🧱 Movement Building 🌐 Media Ecology

Anatomy of Fake News

by Nolan Higdon • 2020

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

4.00

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🤖 Algorithmic Bias

Anatomy of Fake News

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

by Nolan Higdon 2020

4.00

35 ratings

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🤖 Algorithmic Bias

You Are Not Your Own

by Alan Noble • 2021

Modern life promised you freedom and handed you exhaustion. The diagnosis goes deeper than burnout.

4.31

2k+

⛪ Reformed Theology 🏙️ Cultural Criticism 👤 Theological Anthropology 🪞 Modern Individualism 🔥 Burnout Culture

You Are Not Your Own

Modern life promised you freedom and handed you exhaustion. The diagnosis goes deeper than burnout.

by Alan Noble 2021

4.31

2k+ ratings

⛪ Reformed Theology 🏙️ Cultural Criticism 👤 Theological Anthropology 🪞 Modern Individualism 🔥 Burnout Culture

Yanılgının İcadı

by Abdullah Reha Nazlı • 2020

Your brain is still running hunter-gatherer software. Modern life is the bug.

4.43

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution ⚠️ Evolutionary Mismatch 🎢 Hedonic Adaptation 😰 Stress Management

Yanılgının İcadı

Your brain is still running hunter-gatherer software. Modern life is the bug.

by Abdullah Reha Nazlı 2020

4.43

99 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution ⚠️ Evolutionary Mismatch 🎢 Hedonic Adaptation 😰 Stress Management

Open

by Nate Klemp • 2024

Two forces are closing your mind: screens and outrage. The playbook for reversing both.

3.54

📱 Digital Minimalism 🎰 Behavioral Addiction 🗳️ Political Polarization 🌌 Nondual Awareness 🫴 Radical Acceptance

Open

Two forces are closing your mind: screens and outrage. The playbook for reversing both.

by Nate Klemp 2024

3.54

87 ratings

📱 Digital Minimalism 🎰 Behavioral Addiction 🗳️ Political Polarization 🌌 Nondual Awareness 🫴 Radical Acceptance

Symbolic Misery, Volume 1

by Bernard Stiegler • 2014

Industry has seized control of our shared symbols, destroying desire, community, and the self.

3.77

🕹️ Control Societies 💔 Libidinal Economy 🧬 Biopolitics 🎭 Aesthetics And Politics 📚 Continental Philosophy

Symbolic Misery, Volume 1

Industry has seized control of our shared symbols, destroying desire, community, and the self.

by Bernard Stiegler 2014

3.77

81 ratings

🕹️ Control Societies 💔 Libidinal Economy 🧬 Biopolitics 🎭 Aesthetics And Politics 📚 Continental Philosophy

To Hell with the Hustle

by Jefferson Bethke • 2019

Hustle promised freedom; it delivered burnout. The real cure is limits, silence, and rest.

3.96

7k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🐢 Slow Living 📖 Sabbath Rest 🏃 Hustle Culture ⛓️ Embracing Limits

To Hell with the Hustle

Hustle promised freedom; it delivered burnout. The real cure is limits, silence, and rest.

by Jefferson Bethke 2019

3.96

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🐢 Slow Living 📖 Sabbath Rest 🏃 Hustle Culture ⛓️ Embracing Limits

Filosofía ante el desánimo

by José Carlos Ruiz • 2021

They sold us connection, stimulation, and self-optimization. Now we're fragile, bored, and lonely.

3.99

518

🔗 Modern Alienation ⏳ Life As Narrative 🏛️ Epicureanism 🧘 Philosophical Self-Help 🐢 Slow Living

Filosofía ante el desánimo

They sold us connection, stimulation, and self-optimization. Now we're fragile, bored, and lonely.

by José Carlos Ruiz 2021

3.99

518 ratings

🔗 Modern Alienation ⏳ Life As Narrative 🏛️ Epicureanism 🧘 Philosophical Self-Help 🐢 Slow Living

Incompletos

by José Carlos Ruiz • 2023

Why the endless pursuit of happiness leaves us empty, and how deliberate thinking can restore depth.

3.84

141

🌐 Hypermodernity 📺 Media Philosophy 😞 Happiness Critique 🐢 Slow Philosophy 🗣️ Post-Truth

Incompletos

Why the endless pursuit of happiness leaves us empty, and how deliberate thinking can restore depth.

by José Carlos Ruiz 2023

3.84

141 ratings

🌐 Hypermodernity 📺 Media Philosophy 😞 Happiness Critique 🐢 Slow Philosophy 🗣️ Post-Truth

Addiction by Design

by Natasha Dow Schüll • 2012

Machine gambling is engineered to dissolve the self. Winning is just a chance to keep playing.

4.18

1k+

🎰 Machine Gambling 🏛️ Casino Design 🧠 Addiction Studies 🧩 Behavioral Design 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Addiction by Design

Machine gambling is engineered to dissolve the self. Winning is just a chance to keep playing.

by Natasha Dow Schüll 2012

4.18

1k+ ratings

🎰 Machine Gambling 🏛️ Casino Design 🧠 Addiction Studies 🧩 Behavioral Design 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Journalism and PR

by John Lloyd • 2014

PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.

3.78

📢 Public Relations 📺 Media Studies 💻 Digital Disruption 🔍 Corporate Transparency 🛡️ Reputation Management

Journalism and PR

PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.

by John Lloyd 2014

3.78

9 ratings

📢 Public Relations 📺 Media Studies 💻 Digital Disruption 🔍 Corporate Transparency 🛡️ Reputation Management

Antisocial Media

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2018

Facebook promised connection; it delivered surveillance, outrage, and a gift to authoritarians.

3.86

590

📱 Social Media Criticism 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 🦠 Disinformation 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🗳️ Democratic Erosion

Antisocial Media

Facebook promised connection; it delivered surveillance, outrage, and a gift to authoritarians.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2018

3.86

590 ratings

📱 Social Media Criticism 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism 🦠 Disinformation 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🗳️ Democratic Erosion

From What Is to What If

by Rob Hopkins • 2019

Our collective imagination is collapsing. The remedy: less screen time, more play, better questions.

4.31

1k+

🔮 Future Thinking 🏘️ Community Resilience 🎲 Play And Learning 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing 🦊 Rewilding

From What Is to What If

Our collective imagination is collapsing. The remedy: less screen time, more play, better questions.

by Rob Hopkins 2019

4.31

1k+ ratings

🔮 Future Thinking 🏘️ Community Resilience 🎲 Play And Learning 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing 🦊 Rewilding

Screen People

by Megan Garber • 2026

When screens started watching us back, everyone became a performer and reality became a set.

3.41

248

🌐 Digital Culture 📺 Media Ecology 🎭 Performance Of Self 🌟 Celebrity Culture 🗳️ Political Fandom

Screen People

When screens started watching us back, everyone became a performer and reality became a set.

by Megan Garber 2026

3.41

248 ratings

🌐 Digital Culture 📺 Media Ecology 🎭 Performance Of Self 🌟 Celebrity Culture 🗳️ Political Fandom

Lurking

by Joanne McNeil • 2020

Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.

3.75

889

🕰️ Internet History 💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Online Communities 📊 Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Lurking

Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.

by Joanne McNeil 2020

3.75

889 ratings

🕰️ Internet History 💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Online Communities 📊 Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

More Than Words

by John Warner • 2025

AI can mimic writing; only humans can actually write. The difference is the struggle to think.

4.05

525

💻 Technology And Writing ✍️ Composition Theory 🤖 Ai Criticism 🏫 Education Reform 📡 Media Ecology

More Than Words

AI can mimic writing; only humans can actually write. The difference is the struggle to think.

by John Warner 2025

4.05

525 ratings

💻 Technology And Writing ✍️ Composition Theory 🤖 Ai Criticism 🏫 Education Reform 📡 Media Ecology

Muskism

by Quinn Slobodian • 2026

Apartheid's high-tech logic, repackaged for the 21st century: the ideology powering Elon Musk.

3.77

765

🛰️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏛️ State Capture 🧠 Transhumanism 📖 Ideology Studies 🗳️ Right-Wing Movements

Muskism

Apartheid's high-tech logic, repackaged for the 21st century: the ideology powering Elon Musk.

by Quinn Slobodian 2026

3.77

765 ratings

🛰️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏛️ State Capture 🧠 Transhumanism 📖 Ideology Studies 🗳️ Right-Wing Movements

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