I need to post something. This originally was an e-mail to several people all of whom I expect will ignore it. If I am attentive I'll think and write a followup:

Some reading for interest in

http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/06/12/for-the-lolz-4chan-is-hacking-the-attention-economy.html


background (some is video) on the m00t, 4chan, TED, attention economy, and other alternative non-monetary systems of equity and inequity thought of as "economies":

http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online.html

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/attention_economy_overview.php

http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/one/the-reputation-economy/

http://boingboing.net/

http://www.innovationjournalism.org/archive/injo-6-2.pdf

http://www.viridiandesign.org/notes/1-25/Note%2000002.txt

this all might explain why market share gaining importance, why attention deficit "disorder" must be combatted by the provision of salable cognitive enhancers. BTW I haven't had any coffee today.



...the joke here is that if you actually read all this then you are an attention gazillionaire. (Though I included it thinking parts of it might be an interesting read for you)



.. and the other joke is like the