This post offers some value in exchange for your attention. I’ll open up with an observation about attention payments and platforms. I’ll expand on the relationship between platforms, the state, and citizens. I’ll dive into recent changes in attention markets, talk about motives, expand on how I’m thinking about choices, and conclude with a practical rule of thumb that could be useful. Oh you’ll pay. You’ll all pay. You pay attention. You pay for attention with your time. Sometimes you’ll pay money and then pay attention — like when you go to the movies or the theatre. If you run a business, you may even pay for the attention of others in cold hard money to an attention distributer who[…]