I’m on after TV! Andrew Keen who set up After TV to discuss new media now has up an interview with me. It’s a telephone interview we did several weeks ago. LISTEN
Jun 192006
Jun 092006
The complete paper abstracted below may now be downloaded as a pdf The Value of Openness in an Attention Economy Michael H. Goldhaber (delivered) Monday, May 15, 2006 (submitted 6/6/06) Abstract Virtually all forms of openness can be motivated by the scarcity of attention, they lynchpin of the Attention Economy. This term, which I introduced previously, is often misunderstood as simply a variant of the money economy. Instead it is an entirely new system that […]
May 272006
The pdf version of my e-tech talk “slides” — a rather clumsy power point presentation — can now be downloaded. (This is my talk “The Real Nature of the Emerging Attention Economy,” including the metaphor of economies as massively multiplayer interactive games a “keynote” delivered at the O’reilly “Emerging Technology Conference” San Diego, March 8, 2006) download e-tech talk pdf
May 252006
I didn’t know my paper was famous, so it is a great compliment for the attention-getting DeLong to say so. Here’s how he quotes me and comments: DeLong: The Transformation from Feudalism to Capitalism to Attentionalism The end of Goldhaber’s famous “attention economy” essay: [what I wrote:] The Attention Economy: The Natural Economy of the Net: At the end of the feudal period, the pomp and display of the nobility reached a level never before […]
May 122006
Thursday, May 11, 2006 Invited paper (by MHG): FM10 Openness: Code, Science and Content Presented by First Monday http://numenor.lib.uic.edu/fmconference/index.php As with other kinds of human decisions and actions, any of the various choices and instantiations of policies of openness can stem from several different motivations at the same time. One may choose openness out of a philanthropic desire to aid the most people, out of an enjoyment in being part of a community, out of […]