Pigs at the Trough: The Attention Hog at the Attention Economy

Welcome to the Attention Economy where eyeballs are dollars, engagement is leverage, and the most successful grifters, politicians, and tech overlords have figured out how to monetise your conscious.

The world has always had attention hogs - your loud uncle at Thanksgiving, the class clown who loves a cheap laugh, the one friend who miraculously makes every conversation about themselves. In the Digital Era, attention isn’t just an annoying habit - it’s an asset, a currency, and the key to real power.

The Attention Economy is all ours now

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