The Attention Economy Needs to Change. But How?
So... Could you run Facebook better than Zuckerberg? Did you see Episode 5? • Your Emotions Are For Sale SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE We’re in the middle of an Attention War – where big tech battle it out to win over our eyeballs. Our attention spans are considered a precious—and scarce—commodity. So what is the price of your attention? In this mini-series, we'll explore the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media on both ourselves and society. This is the last episode of a six-part series – please check out the previous five! Thank you to Tim Wu, Genevieve Bell, Amber Westerholm-Smyth and the wonderful students – Kate, Makenna and Reid – for their contributions to this episode. My Twitter / nessyhill | Instagram / nessyhill BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do. This mini-series was created by: Vanessa Hill - Director, Presenter, Co-Producer Margie Bryant - Producer Aline Jacques - Post Producer Bahar Gholipour - Associate Producer Dominique Taylor - Editor Stephen Boyle - Legal and Business Affairs James Hutson - Animator Field Producers - Bahar Gholipour, Georgia Quinn, Mehrnaz Farahmand Crew - Finn Boyle-Moore, Jacques Lang, Tim Oxford, Joe Hawkins, Trace Dominguez, Alex Rapine, Andy Kulikowski, Angelina Bruno John Hresc - Sound Mix Andrew Arbuthnot - Investment Manager, Screen Australia Adam Dylewski - Programming Director, PBS Digital Studios

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