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adding page while taking in Zeynep Tufekci‘s twitter and tear gas
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fb (2004) twitter (2006) iphone (2007).. social mechs.. they change the operation of a key resource: attention..attention is rarely analyzed on its own; a significant oversight given its importance.
@michaelerard – attention
attention is oxygen for movements.
in 21st cent and in networked public spehre.. attention as a rexource allocated/acquired on local/national/transnational scales and censorhip as a broad term for denial of attention thru multiple means
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4\ draconian move increased global/domestic attention…
keep in mind that attention, not info per se, is the most crucial resource for a social movement
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sm platforms are designed for inefficient allocation of attention..
thinking the best way to pay attention.. is via curiosity.. and so fitting this is also in her book:
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in the mountains of chiapas, i learned a zapatista saying: ‘preguntando caminamos’ it means ‘we walk while asking questions’ it is in that spirit that i present this book
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adding page while also taking in Mehdi‘s talk
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Maria Popova (@brainpicker) tweeted at 5:02 PM on Sun, Jul 02, 2017:
“Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love.” Weil, forever https://t.co/jTNYNoOfIa
(https://twitter.com/brainpicker/status/881649183287111681?s=03)Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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My new essay for @Wired on how “It’s the Golden Age of Free Speech”—except our ideals and battles about “free speech” are now about *attention*, not speech. Besides, can you even believe your lying eyes? It may all be fake. https://t.co/kPY8tII6VJ https://t.co/IvJKpNJrhJ
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/953252676145500161
‘The most effective forms of censorship today involve meddling with trust and attention, not muzzling speech itself
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Amy (@GhostCat713) tweeted at 11:57 AM on Wed, Feb 07, 2018:
I am not busy, I am focused- busy is anything to keep your hands moving; focused involves attention, awareness, & intentionality. ~ #JoshuaFieldsMilburn from “Not Busy, Focused” #minimalismlife #theminimalists
(https://twitter.com/GhostCat713/status/961312936882065408?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Egmail%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E0)
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be you. 