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by andrei_says_ 666 days ago
Separate people from their money while stealing their attention and time, intentionally triggering and maintaining addiction response, optimizing for engagement which in turn relies on negative emotions, conflict, fear, hate.

Attention x time is the most significant resource we have.

Joy, togetherness, happiness, is what makes life worth living.

The attention economy destroys all of these, causing an immeasurable amount of damage and misery.

So, yes, how much does Sauron pay again?