WHAT THE FUTURE: ATTENTION
How brands can win attention as AI rises and trust fades
WHAT THE FUTURE: ATTENTION
How brands can win attention as AI rises and trust fades
Marketers are competing across platforms for the precious commodity that is people’s time/attention.
But they’re doing so in a low-trust era being disrupted by AI’s nonstop personalized-at-scale content stream.
How can brands stand out in the future?
That’s the question we’ll tackle in our next issue of What the Future: Attention. We’ll dig into the tension between our supposed shorter attention spans and our ability to endlessly scroll and binge content on screens of all sizes.
Whatever your thing — cats, cooking or Minecraft speedruns — we will consume limitless content about our favorite topics.
And therein lies the central tension in this issue of What the Future. We keep hearing that attention spans are infinitesimal. We also hear and witness that people will endlessly scroll short-form content or binge eight 30-minute episodes of a streaming show. Both require attention; lots of it.
AI is going to shift this tension even further by quickly and tirelessly generating content as fast as data centers can get built, lakes can be drained and electricity can be generated. I kid. Kinda. Younger adults, especially, want to connect, give their attention and build community around these increasingly niche fan communities.
Here are the questions we ask in the issue:
What do opinions about today’s tensions say about tomorrow?
Why do so many people believe disinformation? Do we use screens for work or pleasure? Is disinformation a problem for society or not? Do we love our phones? And what trade-offs will we make for content or for privacy? We plot several possible futures.
What content we will consume, and what will brand messages be up against?
Why do so many people believe disinformation? Do we use screens for work or pleasure? Is disinformation a problem for society or not? Do we love our phones? And what trade-offs will we make for content or for privacy? We plot several possible futures.
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