Mark Zuckerberg wants (your) Attention - with Alex Beattie

Selfie Reflective

Alex Beattie is a PHD Student studying the manufacture of disconnection ~

We've all joked about spending so much time on Facebook that we must be addicted before - but the further down the rabbit hole we go, the more serious this joke seems.

What happens when technologies that enable connection make us feel disconnected? When the desire to click, like and scroll keeps us fixated on our screens? Is more technology the answer to helping us re-orient our attention back to the real world?

PHD student and ex Facebook user, Alex Beattie, helps us unpack complex issues that revolve around attention and social media.

Topics include: privacy, attention economy, attention by design, personal development, comparison, mental health and more.

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Find out more about Alex's thesis, writing or Healthy Tech Habits workshop

Alex recommends checking out the following examples of attention reorientation technologies:

The Disconnect- an online magazine that can only be read if you're disconnected from the internet

Ransomly - an app that creates 'internet deadzones' in spaces of your choosing

Yondr - an initiative that facilitates phone free performances and spaces (if you went to PHAROS by Childish Gambino, you would have experienced Yondr in action)

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