arcticorangutan on Nostr: Zero Tolerance Our most important resource is arguably our attention. And other ...
Zero Tolerance
Our most important resource is arguably our attention. And other people, but especially corporations are increasingly and violently encroaching on it. We ought to have zero tolerance in the face of this entitlement.
Politeness is not the appropriate attitude towards someone who thinks they are entitled to sell you a product just because they have your number or email address or because you physically cross their path in the street.
If you want to defend your attention, you’ll have to be prepared to be unpleasantly clear about it. And to learn to block out the manifold, more sub-conscious bids for it from impudent advertisers.
Richard Prince’s “Untitled (cowboy)” (1989)
Our most important resource is arguably our attention. And other people, but especially corporations are increasingly and violently encroaching on it. We ought to have zero tolerance in the face of this entitlement.
Politeness is not the appropriate attitude towards someone who thinks they are entitled to sell you a product just because they have your number or email address or because you physically cross their path in the street.
If you want to defend your attention, you’ll have to be prepared to be unpleasantly clear about it. And to learn to block out the manifold, more sub-conscious bids for it from impudent advertisers.
Richard Prince’s “Untitled (cowboy)” (1989)