Attention Economy

Attention Economy

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Attention Economy
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writing vs. content

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Is Substack the heroic savior of a vanishing media industry, where the best minds of our generation are publishing their finest work, or is it a tech platform that “has become a really good way for women to monetize their diary entries?”

Two thinkpieces have recently gone viral on Substack with competing claims, and I think they’re each missing something…

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