The Attention Recession
Markets, media, and models compete for a resource you cannot print.
The modern bottleneck is not information. It is attention.
People have access to more data, more tools, more opinions, and more output than ever. But the ability to process that flood without distortion is shrinking.
This creates an attention recession: not a lack of content, but a shortage of clean cognitive bandwidth.
Markets exploit it. Media exploits it. Algorithms exploit it. Even productivity tools can exploit it by making motion feel like progress.
The next premium products will not only create more output. They will reduce cognitive load.
The next premium people will not be the ones who know everything. They will be the ones who can protect attention long enough to see clearly.