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We should be careful what we ask for. The difference between the peculiar and the dangerous among us looks obvious only in hindsight. They are indistinguishable in the present tense.

We have willingly cluttered our attention landscape with unnecessary messages in return for a wide array of subsidies from merchants and marketers. We rent (sell) our attention, then wonder how our attention became rent (torn). share: Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friend

Thirty-one years ago today, our national consciousness took a significant turn that has tangible consequences today. It was on this day that the Too Much Information Age began.

If Act One was failure and Act Three was death, Act Two was love. Love and death are not unrelated.

So what are media companies selling? They’re selling an audience. They’re selling you, your attention, your trust.

Groupon is much more than a coupon program. It’s easiest to describe the difference if you follow the process backwards, beginning at the end.

We’re all more alike than different. And whatever slight differences exist mustn’t be used to define or declare superiority.

The first thing to know about taxes is that we hate them, so we want to tax only things or people we hate more. We call them “sin taxes.” Here are four new ones.