Social Media and AI Want Your Attention at All Times. This Documentary Wants to Change This
“Do you remember the world before cellphones?”
The question comes early in Your Attention Please, a documentary that premiered at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, in March. And it hit me harder than I expected. As a 27-year-old tech reporter, I realized I don’t have too many clear memories of life before smartphones. My adolescence unfolded alongside the rise of smartphones, social media, push notifications and the routine of endless scrolling. Like many people my age, I’ve spent most of my life inside the attention economy — without ever really stepping outside it.
That’s the uneasy territory the documentary explores.
Your Attention Please is a powerful documentary that will be available to rent or buy on Apple TV and other streaming platforms on Oct. 6. You can preorder now and watch the film’s trailer, which is embedded below.
Exploring how tech shapes our behavior
Director Sara Robin said...
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