neural pathways

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

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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

The Neuroplasticity Arbitrage: Why Your Attention Bankruptcy Is Reversible (But The Window Is Closing)

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Timeline showing attention bankruptcy recovery phases: 60% quit at week 2 before the neural window opens at week 3, where 90% of recovery happens in weeks 3-6

The Neuroplasticity Arbitrage: Why Your Attention Bankruptcy Is Reversible (But The Window Is Closing) Archive Note — Originally transmitted 2025, annotated 2032 This text was written from inside the window, before we fully understood what we were losing. By the time you read this, some of what it warns against may have already occurred. The … The Neuroplasticity Arbitrage: Why Your Attention Bankruptcy Is Reversible (But The Window Is Closing)