Commonplace book: reading, abundance, green shoots

Mandy Brown argues that the attention economy is misnamed (HT Sentiers). Reading is the art of attention. What a mess we’ve made of that word. From the earnest effort of a mind reaching for the world to a mindless, exasperated skittering through the slop. The attention economy is misnamed. Our attention is not being harvested but rather suppressed, flattened out, demeaned into submission. We do…