But our “pores” can become clogged by monotony and misplaced attention. William Desmond, a philosopher who has written about ethics, metaphysics, and religion, said that human beings are complexly porous creatures, capable of absorbing vast amounts of information as well as dispensing it.
And it doesn’t just affect our social circles, but our spiritual life. We may be in touch with what’s on our screens, but we feel out of touch with the people around us. Often, these assaults on our attention can leave us disconnected and lonely. Just read the title and base your reaction on that. Don’t read a book, don’t read a newspaper, don’t even read an article. TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram have mastered the art of short-form, addictive content that can keep us swiping, tapping, and scrolling for hours. Netflix and other streaming services will auto-play the next episode of your show before you can even hit the exit button. Companies try to sell you things even as you’re purchasing something else. If you simply take a moment to step back and analyze your everyday experience, you will see that you are a victim of this attention economy on a regular, if not daily, basis. The idea behind corporations vying for as much of it as they can get is to maintain a majority share of the attention economy, whether that be through ads, products, entertainment, screens, or all of the above. Human beings only have the ability to pay attention to so many things for so long in a given day. What he means by that is the intangible market for the focus of the populace. Knepper refers to the term “attention economy” many times throughout his article. The Internet has become a data harvester in service of the attention economy.” “These real-world expansions of the attention economy are, of course, mere raids alongside the digital campaigns. “A friend told me such urinal screens are now common in large airports,” wrote Knepper. He said he never thought he would feel nostalgic for the vandalism and scribbles that normally adorned the bathroom walls of similar establishments. In the bathroom, above the urinal, there was a screen displaying vacation rental ads and drink specials. Knepper provided another example, this time from a bar in South Bend, IN. While shocking to him the first time it happened, these gas pump ads are commonplace now. The screen had transformed from a transaction method into a robotic salesman of sorts, rehearsing a commercial for Knepper.
It was an advertisement playing on the screen that he had just used to purchase gas.
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He was stopping at a service station in Virginia and he had just entered his zip code when he jumped because a voice coming from the pump began to address him. Knepper began his article by explaining the first time “a gas pump gave a sales pitch”. Catholicism & Modernity October 1, 2022.Do Angels Ever Take On Human Form? October 2, 2022.
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