Most of what commands attention now is not meaningful in any substantive sense. It is dependent meaning: signals that borrow significance from circulation, outrage, novelty, or proximity to power rather than from coherence, consequence, or truth. This hollowness is not accidental. It is structurally central to contemporary dissatisfaction, corruption, volatility, and political disorder. These conditions … Continue reading Attention Economy, Dependent Meaning, and the Capture of Perception