The Sirens’ Call
A review of

The Sirens’ Call

How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

Chris Hayes • Penguin Press • 2025

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by David Meyer

News host Chris Hayes details how the attention economy steals your focus, time, money, and connection with others.

Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes, explains how technology, smartphones, and social media transform people’s inner lives and create tech addiction worldwide.

Attention

Paying attention takes different forms, and the subjects you pay attention to, moment by aware moment, come to make up your life experience.

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