Chris Hayes on “attention theory of value”
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Kind of incoherent but interesting to see this kind of discussion in the mainstream

We do some vulgar Marxism as a prank

I think the notion of an attention theory of value is a bit vacuous, but overall I don’t hate that these guys are making Marx seem cool in a mainstream setting

  • Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I like the comparison, but yeah I agree with you. If there is any value made by attention it is vastly lower than the value made by labor – and only really there in aggregate. Unlike having the output of someone’s labor, having one person’s attention is nothing. But having hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of people’s attention is powerful.