What if the most valuable currency in the modern world isn’t sitting in your bank account but flickering behind your eyes? Explore the genesis of the attention economy—the moment human focus became a tradeable commodity—and discover how an idea born in academic theory reshaped every screen, feed, and notification you encounter today.

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