On The Dyanmics of Attention

Central Question In the age of short-form media proliferation, how long do cultural events stay in our collective memory? Do these events follow specific mathematical decay regimes? Short Answer The rememberance of a cultural event depends entirely on the event (although we could group it into certain sorts of events). While most events follow a decay law, the exact nature remains highly variable and dependent on both inherent and exogenous variables. ...

March 3, 2026 · 1 min · Dasher Amtlich