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The Attention Merchants

The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads

by Tim Wu · 2016 · 403 pages

Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari
Recommended by 1 elite

Recommended by 1 Elite

Yuval Noah Harari

About This Book

An exploration of the history of industries that harvest and sell human attention, from nineteenth-century penny presses to modern tech giants. Tim Wu examines how the business of capturing focus for resale to advertisers has shaped society and individual autonomy.

Genres

Psychology & BehaviorHistorySociety & Politics

Topics

Behavioral EconomicsCommunicationInnovationNetwork EffectsPersuasionStorytelling

Book Details

Published

2016

Pages

403

Language

en

ISBN

9780385352017

Audiobook Available

15h 26m
Narrated by Marc Cashman

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