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Mentioned in 32 episodes
The Sirens' Call
How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Book • 2024
In The Sirens' Call, Chris Hayes delves into the impact of the attention economy on our lives, politics, and society.
He argues that the constant assault from attention-seeking technologies and media has fundamentally altered our ability to focus and has significant implications for our mental health, social structures, and political landscape.
Hayes draws on a wide range of sources, including philosophers, media theorists, and psychologists, to provide a holistic framework for understanding and reclaiming control over our attention in a world dominated by 'attentional warlordism'.
He argues that the constant assault from attention-seeking technologies and media has fundamentally altered our ability to focus and has significant implications for our mental health, social structures, and political landscape.
Hayes draws on a wide range of sources, including philosophers, media theorists, and psychologists, to provide a holistic framework for understanding and reclaiming control over our attention in a world dominated by 'attentional warlordism'.
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Mentioned in 32 episodes
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as a book about attention and the attention economy.


Cal Newport

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Ep. 342: The Good Life Algorithm
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's new book about how our attention has been bought, sold, and overwhelmed.


Chris Hayes

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AI Content and the War for Your Attention
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as a great book about attention.


Ryan Holiday

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If They Control Your Attention, They Control YOU | Chris Hayes (PT. 1)
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as a smart and ambitious book about the attention economy.

Sean Illing

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Attention pays (with Chris Hayes)
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as 

' new book that discusses attention as the world's most endangered resource.


Ryan Holiday


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If They Control Your Attention, They Control YOU | Chris Hayes (PT. 2)
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as the author of a new book about attention.

Hannah Rosen

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The War for Your Attention
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as the author of the number one bestseller.


Bill Maher

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Ep. #684: Chris Hayes, Rep. Byron Donalds, Tara Palmeri
Mentioned by Sam and Matt as the topic of the podcast episode; they discuss its arguments and insights on the attention economy.

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Pay Attention! (w/ Chris Hayes)
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as the author of a new book that chronicles the rise of attention capitalism.


Kara Swisher

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From Trump to TikTok: Chris Hayes on the Rise of Attention Capitalism
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as an exceptional new book that ties together technology, society, and politics, focusing on digital distraction.


Jon Favreau

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Can Democracy Survive the Attention Wars? with Chris Hayes
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The loudest megaphone: how Trump mastered our new attention age
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as a new book about the corrosive effects of the modern attention economy.


David Roberts

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Chris Hayes on the attention economy
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as a phenomenal book.

Antonio Garcia Martinez

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AI and The War for Your Attention | Antonio Garcia Martinez and Chris Hayes from the a16z Podcast
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, who explains how attention has become a commodified resource that is extracted and exploited in the attention age.


Chris Hayes

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Hunger Games for Legal Hackery
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as a book about attention, information, media, and our relationship with phones.


Marc Maron

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Episode 1621 - Chris Hayes
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as a New York Times bestseller about attention.


Alex Kantrowitz

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The Formula for Capturing Your Attention, Price of Fame, & Algorithms as Editors — With Chris Hayes
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as his new book about attention.


Chris Hayes

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Musk in the Trump 2.0 Era with Kate Conger
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as the title of his new book, discussing the impact of the attention economy.


Chris Hayes

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as a book about attention and how it became the world’s most endangered resource.


Lizzie O’Leary

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Can You Pay Attention, Please?
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as a new book written by 

, discussing attention in the modern world.


Tim Miller


Chris Hayes

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Chris Hayes and Alex Kantrowitz: Trying To Break the Whole Thing