Can the 'Attention Liberation Movement' Foment a Rebellion Against Screens? (apnews.com)
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- News link: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/04/18/1712214/can-the-attention-liberation-movement-foment-a-rebellion-against-screens
- Source link: https://apnews.com/article/internet-screens-phone-addiction-attention-bde9f575a54921ca320d30519783c250
> D. Graham Burnett is a historian of science at Princeton University and one of the authors of " [2] Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement ," making him a pillar of the growing backlash against the corporate harvesting of human attention. Along with MS NOW host Chris Hayes' bestselling " [3] The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource ," his work is part of a growing body of literature calling for people to move away from screens and pay attention to life. Burnett says the "attention liberation movement" is about throwing off the yoke of time-sucking apps. People "need to rewild their attention. Their attention is the fullness of their relationship to the world"....
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> There are several dozen "attention activism" groups across the United States and Canada, and the movement has also cropped up in Spain, Italy, Croatia, France and England. Burnett said he expects it to spread further.
Some examples cited in the article:
"More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing and conversation."
A few miles away "Nearly 20 people in their 30s stared at their cellphones for a few minutes. Then they set them down and looked at their bared palms for a while. Then those of their neighbors."
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader [4]destinyland for sharing the article.
[1] https://apnews.com/article/internet-screens-phone-addiction-attention-bde9f575a54921ca320d30519783c250
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[4] https://www.slashdot.org/~destinyland
Is there an app for that? (Score:2)
Do they have an app where I can track how often I remove the shackles of engagement? Maybe with push notifications so I donâ(TM)t forget to ignore my phone? Bonus points if it gamifies âoerewilding my attentionâ into something I can scroll through.
First.... (Score:2)
...they should foment a revolution against Betteridge's law.
Boobtube (Score:2, Troll)
I found that kids will just sit there and mindlessly watch inane video shorts on youtube for hours. Youtube is blackholed on my home network. Thank you pihole.
Re: (Score:2)
iOS Safari in private browsing works around local network blackholing. At least on my network it does.
nostalgia (Score:2)
A few miles away "Nearly 20 people in their 30s stared at their cellphones for a few minutes. Then they set them down and looked at their bared palms for a while. Then those of their neighbors."
That almost made me nostalgic for the days of my youth and lsd.
"Screens" are not the problem (Score:2)
What you do when in front of a screen may be though.
Re: (Score:3)
Most people aren't disciplined enough to stop themselves if they're even aware of the problem in the first place. The screens are incredibly effective mechanism for delivering little dopamine hits that the human brain craves. Human attention to these mechanisms selects for the most suitable and developers constantly try to build a better dark pattern to keep the eyeballs on their app instead of someone else's.
Alcohol has been a part of human society for thousands of years and it's still a problem for us.
I agree - most of what I watch on youtube is junk (Score:2)
Most of what I end up watching on YouTube is addictive junk. Scrolling through shorts one after another for a dopamine hit. I found this the other day not sure how well they're going to do [1]https://connection.app/ [connection.app] it should help me reduce my reliance on my phone
[1] https://connection.app/
A step at time (Score:2)
If you can convince people to use computers instead of phones is already a pretty good step, as you can do a lot more on computers than on phones.
It’s about time (Score:3)
I was incredibly sick having 8 hours a day or more screen time, sometimes even 80 hours in a week. Now with this I don’t need to work anymore cutting out the vast majority of my screen time.
It will happen organically (Score:2)
Once upon a time we were told watching TV all-day will make us dumb. That we must stop watching TV. We were told that playing videogames all day...etc
Arsoke point more and more people's brains will stop getting the dopamine hit because watching lolcats has a ceiling. Same for YouTube shorts and such.
Wait until VR hits mainstream. You'd finally be able to advertise inside everyone's virtual homes and colour their rain in pepsi. VI assistants will recommend Nike or Reebok. Noncompete brands will tag team
What's this 'life' you speak of? (Score:2)
Is there a YouTube video about it?
tldr (Score:3)
Enough said