Coffee made in clever dripper trumps coffee made in Chemex.
The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, … was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?‘
Sean Parker, ex President at Facebook
We’re living in an attention economy, and Facebook is the (almost-)monopoly firm.
This also answers:
If it’s an attention economy, then I want to be paid for my attention. And a dopamine shot isn’t a worthy currency for me.
Behavioural economics is the trillionth attempt to introduce some psychological realism into economics.
BBC’s More or Less(Richard Thaler episode)