I think it’s very likely we’ll see the growth of all kinds of attentional farmers’ markets for people who want to opt out of constant attention commodification. At first all of this will seem quirky and weird and small and countercultural. Maybe you’re reading this and thinking, “Newspapers and physical books? Really?” Yes, really. I can’t predict exactly the forms it will take, but the palpable rebellion to the current dominant experience of near constant alienation means people will opt out, and it’s one of the axioms of American capitalism that where there is consumer demand, there will
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