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This Is Not About the Jesus Image
The attention infrastructure behind two days of unavoidable content.
Allison McSorley
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The AI Reckoning
Part 2: The AI That Tried to Blackmail Its Own Engineers
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The Slot Machine In Your Pocket
Platforms didn't stumble onto these techniques. They engineered them.
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Attention Is Now Political Power
Part 7: What you watched wasn't a conservative revolt. It was a content cycle.
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Who Amplified The Lie
Three government officials shared an AI-generated image of a rescued U.S. airman. Then they deleted the evidence.
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What NASA Didn't Tell 107 Million People
An active spaceflight, an official government account, and documented AI artifacts with no disclosure.
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Celebrities Are Using AI to Hack the Attention Economy. Politicians Are Watching.
This is what it looks like in practice — and why the Zendaya story is just the beginning.
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The AI Reckoning
Part 1: More Regulation on a Sandwich Than on AI
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Someone Made $553,000 the Night the Ayatollah Died
Inside the prediction market industry's most dangerous business model.
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Attention Is Now Political Power
Part 6: The Algorithm Fired a General
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The Attention Economy Explained
What it is, where it came from, and why it shapes everything you see online
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How Algorithms Actually Decide What You See
Part 2: Recommendation engines and the rabbit hole problem