But somebody said this.... < > PPS: Bubbles, be careful about twisting your neck into a > > pretzel pretending you don't spend your life reading > > everything posted on FFL; the chiropractor was right, > > you're not exactly a spring chicken. I hadn't realized how > > much Willy was upsetting you with those photos of Rama, > > those Dutch people are pretty tolerant, why don't you try > > telling the waitress what's upsetting you so much.>
--- turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Just as a followup, because I did feel that this was a thought-provoking > article, as an example of the "cost" of the Internet and our > we-only-want-30-seconds-of-your-attention-for-a-soundbyte media, how > many of you found that you no longer had the attention span to read the > entire article? No need to reply...you know who you are. :-) > > Attention -- the nature of it, the seeking of it, and the cost of giving > it out indiscriminately -- is obviously a fascination of mine, so this > article appealed to me. It made me think about the very nature of the > Internet and its economic underpinnings, and why all of my browsers are > equipped with add-ons like Adblock Plus. I don't see ads -- even > subliminally, in the margins or in the top banner -- when reading this > forum, and I never have to wait through a commercial when watching a > YouTube video. I consider those things an intrusion into my life that is > unacceptable in terms of cost, so I've found a way to block them. > > I'm going into this because some on this forum take the fact that I have > set up less automated, manual blocks of *them* and their posts > personally, as if it's some kind of "attack" against them. It's not. > It's the consequence of sussing out that I have a limited amount of time > left on this rock, and I don't want to piss it away with people or > things that will simply waste it. It's not necessarily personal; it's > the result of a cost/benefit analysis. Long experience has taught me > that some subjects and some people are going to be *by definition* a > waste of my time, and time is the one resource I cannot get back. So > I've downloaded the EgoBlock Plus add-on, and installed it on my > internal wetware browser. I recommend it highly. :-) > > And it's even free, so Alex doesn't have to worry about this post being > spam. :-) All you need to run this add-on is free will, and the > discrimination to use it. > > > --- turquoiseb wrote: > > > > This subject line is a test, written after reading the article at the > > link below. Despite what some here might have thought when they > clicked > > on it, neither the article nor the subject line is a reference to > > Fairfield Life or the characters who populate it and often vie for > your > > attention. But both could be. The subject line is a very literal > > description of the Internet and how it works. And the article is about > > attention, period, how we live in a world that is nickle-and-dimeing > us > > to death by stealing tiny slices of our attention, and what the > > cumulative cost of pissing away all that attention might be. > > > > It's also a little about people's goals when they desire to attract > the > > attention of others, and about goals, period. I loved the G.K. > > Chesterton story from Tremendous Trifles about the two kids; it > finally > > made me understand why TMers want to fly. > > > > Anyway, enjoy: > > > > > <http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/does-each-click-of-attention-co\ \ > st-a-bit-of-ourselves/> > http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/does-each-click-of-attention-cos\ \ > t-a-bit-of-ourselves / > <http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/does-each-click-of-attention-co\ \ > st-a-bit-of-ourselves/> > <http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/does-each-click-of-attention-co\ \ > st-a-bit-of-ourselves/> > > >
