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by nojvek 714 days ago
> How much of our societal progress and collective thought and innovation has gone to capturing attention and driving up engagement, I wonder.

Facebook + Instagram is $100B+ business, So is Youtube and Ads.

An average human now spends about ~3h per day on their screens, most of it on social media.

We are dopamine driven beings. Capturing attention and driving up engagement is one of the biggest part of our economy.