cognitive health

Attention Debt: The Bankruptcy Your Brain Doesn’t See Coming

Attention debt visualization showing fragmented neural pathways and notification overload

Attention Debt: The Bankruptcy Your Brain Doesn’t See Coming Can’t focus anymore? It’s not you — it’s attention debt. Attention debt is the neurological cost of the Web2 attention economy: where platforms profit by fragmenting your focus, and your brain literally rewires itself to prefer distraction over depth. In a contribution economy, attention isn’t just Attention Debt: The Bankruptcy Your Brain Doesn’t See Coming