See his blog for my comments about the Attention Economy. and a longer interview background by me in his “wiki.”
Jul 132006
Jul 122006
How did I first hit on the concept of the Attention Economy? That question arose last evening, in the discussion after my talk at BayCHI. * The talk was an expansion on the one on emerging Attention Economy as a new level in the Massively Multiplayer Interactive Game known as Western Culture that I gave at E-tech. A short answer to the question seems useful.** In the early eighties, the idea of an “information revolution” […]
Jul 062006
Q. Hi! I’m an italian science writer ….. It would be fantastic if I could get your opinion: do you really think “attention” will be the true value of coming future? Why? A. Yes. I have written about this extensively.. Click on the link “Older writings” to the right and look at earlier entries in this blog. The (very) short answer as to why is because attention from other human beings (or our own) is […]
Jun 212006
Some lumber to be erected into an essay. Plank 1 “The present king of France.” This is phrase much beloved for thinking about by (Anglo-American) philosophers, because there is no such animal. But there used to be. In fact, the kings of France were the ultimate feudal lords, the area around Paris having been the very birth place and center of pure feudalism, and the French kings the most successful agglomerators of feudal power. (I […]
Jun 192006
Yet may now read the finished, more elegantly set version of my openness piece in the June, 06, First Monday.
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 192006
Until this site is fully functional check my old website for all my work
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 […]