Regarding the attention economy, I believe many practices utilized in today's social media will become crimes in the future due to how they exploit our behavioral structures.
I consider myself lucky because I have experienced the times where it was still possible to get bored. It teached me that consistently putting effort into things I am interested is much more satisfying than doing stuff that gives immediate pleasure. In the long run I find former to be much more satisfying. But with all the stuff we have now that can distract us, many people seem to never even notice that there is some alternative. Maybe I am overreacting but I think this will be a huge problem.
When has anything been criminalized for this? Every product advertised exploits our psychology. This is how our economy works like it or not and it started long before facebook showed up.
Regarding the attention economy, I believe many practices utilized in today's social media will become crimes in the future due to how they exploit our behavioral structures.
I consider myself lucky because I have experienced the times where it was still possible to get bored. It teached me that consistently putting effort into things I am interested is much more satisfying than doing stuff that gives immediate pleasure. In the long run I find former to be much more satisfying. But with all the stuff we have now that can distract us, many people seem to never even notice that there is some alternative. Maybe I am overreacting but I think this will be a huge problem.
When has anything been criminalized for this? Every product advertised exploits our psychology. This is how our economy works like it or not and it started long before facebook showed up.