[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"exercise-C2-1496":3},{"preview":4,"open":14,"missing":37},{"id":5,"number":6,"total":7,"level":8,"course":9,"activity":10,"discriminator":11,"title":12,"slug":13,"instructions":14,"excerpt":15,"prompts":16,"lock":19,"access":20,"updated":21,"previous_id":22,"next_id":23,"previous":24,"next":28,"first":32},1496,64,81,"C2","reading","long_text","reading_long_text","The Economy of Attention","the-economy-of-attention",null,"The metaphor of attention as a scarce resource to be economised, invested, and allocated has become so pervasive in contemporary discourse that it is easy to forget it is a metaphor at all. We speak of 'paying' attention as though it were a currency subject to depletion, of 'capturing' attention as though it were a…",[17,18],"Why does the writer believe the economic metaphor for attention deserves scrutiny?","What fundamental flaw does the writer identify in treating attention as analogous to money?","login","pro","2026-10-02T14:14:49",1495,1497,{"id":22,"number":25,"title":26,"slug":27},63,"The Invention of Solitude","the-invention-of-solitude",{"id":23,"number":29,"title":30,"slug":31},65,"The Morality of Translation","the-morality-of-translation",{"id":33,"number":34,"title":35,"slug":36},1433,1,"The Marquis's Tale","the-marquis-s-tale",false]