Attention is the scarcest resource a writer competes for, and everything in the modern economy is bidding against you. These articles cover attention: how readers give it, how platforms harvest it, and how writing earns it honestly instead of tricking it.
ADHDSocial media feeds hold attention the way a hypnotist holds a subject: steady rhythm, no stopping point, and a reward just often enough to keep you under. The people who built them said so, and in 2026 a jury agreed.…
AttentionSpring is the best season for difficult books and almost nobody uses it that way. The light is long, the energy is back, nothing is competing, and the hard book you keep postponing has a better chance in April than…
AI WritingLinkedIn shipped a one-click AI slop flag with no definition, no training, no notification and no appeal. The structural flaw sits deeper than any of that. In a feed where attention is finite, suppressing a competitor makes room for you,…
AttentionWe have become hypnotized by small glowing screens, tuning out driving, conversation, and the world. Here is what it costs and how to put the phone down.
AttentionTarpon Springs has a library open until eight on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with used books at five for a dollar and museum passes you can check out, and a bookshop with a rentable reading lounge that opens at eleven…
AttentionThey say they are too busy to exercise, too tired to cook, too overwhelmed to read, and too stressed to see friends. Then they watch Netflix for four hours.
AlgorithmsWe saw the warning signs. Facebook was making us depressed, Twitter was making us angry, and we kept using them anyway.
AprilDrop Everything and Read Day is April 12. Why uninterrupted reading has become hard, and why stopping to read for pleasure matters more now than ever.
AttentionWhen a character's argument is built on a fallacy, readers feel it even when they cannot name it, the speech rings hollow, the nonfiction loses credibility, the character starts to sound manipulative. Spotting fallacies makes you better in both directions:…
AttentionWriting 10,000 words in a day sounds impossible until you see the machinery behind it. I do it on top of ghostwriting, blogging, and promotion, and the secret is not talent or typing speed. It is a system of goals,…
AttentionI put my television in a closet and left it there for ten years. Friends thought I had lost my mind. What I gained was a decade of focus that produced more than 50 books and a business. Here is…
Algorithms26 chapters on how digital platforms exploit human psychology for profit. Attention economy, algorithmic manipulation, AI bias, and what to do about it.
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