idle gaze 067: slowpunk

Occupying the “third space” within the attention economy is important not just because, as I’ve argued, individual attention forms the basis for collective attention and thus for meaningful refusal of all kinds. It is also important because in a time of shrinking margins, when not only students but everyone else has “put the pedal to the metal,” an

“they also talked a lot about having what they called ‘me time.’

The interesting addresses a world of speeded-up information by asking for a slowed-down attention.