Attention is all you have

The author uses the Tetris effect to argue that whatever you focus on shapes your thinking. Today, recommendation algorithms on YouTube, Spotify, LinkedIn, and Reddit hijack your attention, pushing ads and AI slop instead of what you actually want. She misses the intentional internet where you chose your own sites and bookmarks, and says it's still around—just buried under corporate web. Getting back means accepting a slower, non-infinite feed.