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The Attention Economy

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Are your days consumed by apps and devices that seem to be mushrooming everywhere? If you are like me, you may be wondering if these tools with their promise to streamline our lives are in fact causing more stress. There’s a reason for that. Today’s world runs on an attention economy that’s driven by technology, and businesses profit from our attention. In this episode, Prabu talks with leading researcher, neuroscientist, and author Amishi Jha about the real price of our attention.

GUEST: Amishi Jha, director of Contemplative Neuroscience at the University of Miami.

RELATED LINKS:

Harper Collins Publishers: Peak Mind
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/peak-mind-amishi-p-jha?variant=33069442990114

TED Talks: How to tame your wandering mind
https://www.ted.com/talks/amishi_jha_how_to_tame_your_wandering_mind?language=en

AmishiPJha: Talk at The Pentagon October 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5s0I747Pw4

Prabu David is provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Prior to taking on that role in 2023, David was dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University.