We're all worried about declining attention spans, but we forget something important: we didn't lose our attention spans, they were stolen. By looking at the history of newspapers, and then looking at how marketing works in the 21st century, we can see what we're up against. Read my newsletter: Watch my videos early on Nebula: →Sources The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu 'Who's Getting Rich Off Your Attention?' by Kyla Scanlon ( ) Gravity & Grace by Simone Weil I read (but didn't use anything from) Johan Hari's Stolen Focus, so I'm including it for completeness. Enshittification by Cory Doctorow (that's where I found out about Doc Searls' article, again added for completeness)