Fund Drive Special: Against the Attention Economy
From KPFA - Against the Grain by KPFA
May 5, 2026 · 60 min
About this episode
D. Graham Burnett discusses the implications of the attention economy and the movement to reclaim our focus.
It’s been called a new gold rush, but not of our external environment, which continues to be plundered, but of our internal environment — of our psyches. Historian of science D. Graham Burnett, one of the Friends of Attention, lays out what’s at stake — and how they’re organizing a movement to reclaim our attention. The post Fund Drive Special: Against the Attention Economy appeared first on KPFA.
People in this episode
Guest: D. Graham Burnett
Topics covered
- attention economy
- psychology
- movement organizing
- media influence
- internal environment
Keywords
- attention economy
- D. Graham Burnett
- Friends of Attention
- psychology
- media
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Friends of Attention
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